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.
Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer
Lieutenant Werner
Klaus Wennemann
Chief Engineer
Hubertus Bengsch
First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber
Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder
Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May
Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig
Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Ario
Jan Fedder
Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac
Monique
Ralf Richter
Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard
Preacher
Oliver Stritzel
Schwalle
Konrad Becker
Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell
Dufte
Martin Hemme
Brückenwilli
Otto Sander
Phillip Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht
Weser Captain
Thomas Boxhammer
Roger Barth
Günther Franke
Weser First Officer
Christian Bendomir
Norbert Gronwald
Albert Kraml
Jean-Claude Hoffmann
Benjamin
Peter Pathenis
Arno Kral
Hagen
Christian Seipolt
Helmut Neumeier
Schmutt
Ferdinand Schaal
Wilhelm Pietsch
Franz
Rolf Weber
Dirk Salomon
Markus
Lothar Zajicek
Sky du Mont
Weser Officer (uncredited)
Ulrich Günther
Merkel (uncredited)
Edwige Pierre
Nadine (uncredited)
Maryline Moulard
Françoise (uncredited)
Günter Spörrle
Seewald (uncredited)
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Novel
Günter Rohrbach
Producer
Wolfgang Petersen
Director
Michael Bittins
Monika Bauert
Costume Design
Screenplay
Mark Damon Johnson
Executive Producer
Klaus Doldinger
Original Music Composer
Götz Weidner
Art Direction
Jost Vacano
Director of Photography
Hannes Nikel
Editor
Willy Schlenter
Casting
Ortwin Freyermuth
John W. Hyde
Edward R. Pressman
Dean Riesner
Walter E. Richarz
Assistant Art Director
Mel Kutbay
Foley
Rüdiger von Sperl
Makeup Artist
Philipp von Seil
Hans-Walter Kramski
Ago von Sperl
Alan Willis
Music Editor
Alfred Rasche
Isabel Prochnow
Script Supervisor
Peter Horrocks
Sound Effects Editor
Karola Storr
Production Manager
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Albrecht von Bethmann
Sound Recordist
Heinz Schürer
Karsten Ullrich
Werner Böhm
Friedrich Thaler
Scenic Artist
William H. Brown
Post Production Supervisor
Stanislav Litera
Mike Rutter
Assistant Camera
Georg Borgel
First Assistant Director
Ernst Wild
Additional Photography
Trevor Pyke
Sound Mixer
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
Mike Le Mare
Sound Editor
Milan Bor
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Willi Zopf
Electrician
Peter Dürst
Property Master
Willi Neuner
Special Effects
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
Ludwig Sauermann
Key Grip
Iko Dimitri
Philippe Dussart
Rüdiger Wagner
Second Unit Director
Marie-Antoinette Petersen
Second Assistant Director
Franz Schlammer
Ingrid von Anka
Production Secretary
Caroline Perchaud
Monika Moritz
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects Supervisor
Max Gretmann
Franz Kirschke
Rudi Denk
Isabel Goslar
Continuity
