"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
as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer
as Lieutenant Werner
Klaus Wennemann
as Chief Engineer
Hubertus Bengsch
as First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
as Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber
as Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder
as Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May
as Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig
as Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht
as Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
as Ario
Jan Fedder
as Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac
as Monique
Ralf Richter
as Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard
as Preacher
Oliver Stritzel
as Schwalle
Konrad Becker
as Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell
as Dufte
Martin Hemme
as Brückenwilli
Otto Sander
as Phillip Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht
as Weser Captain
Thomas Boxhammer
as
Roger Barth
Günther Franke
as Weser First Officer
Christian Bendomir
Norbert Gronwald
Albert Kraml
Jean-Claude Hoffmann
as Benjamin
Peter Pathenis
Arno Kral
as Hagen
Christian Seipolt
Helmut Neumeier
as Schmutt
Ferdinand Schaal
Wilhelm Pietsch
as Franz
Rolf Weber
Dirk Salomon
as Markus
Lothar Zajicek
Sky du Mont
as Weser Officer (uncredited)
Ulrich Günther
as Merkel (uncredited)
Edwige Pierre
as Nadine (uncredited)
Maryline Moulard
as Françoise (uncredited)
Günter Spörrle
as 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