On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
$14,000,000
$85,000,000
September 17, 1981
Radiant Film, Bavaria Film
41 people
Jürgen Prochnow
Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Acting
Herbert Grönemeyer
Leutnant Werner
Acting
Klaus Wennemann
Chef Ingenieur
Acting
Hubertus Bengsch
First Watch Officer
Acting
Martin Semmelrogge
Second Watch Officer
Acting
Bernd Tauber
Kriechbaum
Acting
Erwin Leder
Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Acting
Martin May
Ullmann
Acting
Heinz Hoenig
Hinrich
Acting
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Bosun
Acting
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Ario
Acting
Jan Fedder
Pilgrim
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