"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)
Wolfgang Petersen
Director
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Novel
Screenplay
Dean Riesner
Günter Rohrbach
Producer
Michael Bittins
Klaus Doldinger
Original Music Composer
Jost Vacano
Director of Photography
Hannes Nikel
Editor
Willy Schlenter
Casting
Götz Weidner
Art Direction
Monika Bauert
Costume Design
Ortwin Freyermuth
Mark Damon Johnson
Executive Producer
John W. Hyde
Edward R. Pressman
Alfred Rasche
Makeup Artist
Ago von Sperl
Rüdiger von Sperl
Walter E. Richarz
Assistant Art Director
Philipp von Seil
Peter Horrocks
Sound Effects Editor
Hans-Walter Kramski
Foley
Mel Kutbay
Karola Storr
Alan Willis
Music Editor
Isabel Prochnow
Script Supervisor
Production Manager
Friedrich Thaler
Scenic Artist
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Karsten Ullrich
Sound Recordist
Albrecht von Bethmann
Heinz Schürer
Werner Böhm
William H. Brown
Post Production Supervisor
Stanislav Litera
Mike Rutter
Assistant Camera
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
Ernst Wild
Additional Photography
Georg Borgel
First Assistant Director
Mike Le Mare
Sound Editor
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Trevor Pyke
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Marie-Antoinette Petersen
Second Assistant Director
Second Unit Director
Philippe Dussart
Monika Moritz
Property Master
Rüdiger Wagner
Peter Dürst
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects Supervisor
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
Special Effects
Max Gretmann
Franz Kirschke
Ludwig Sauermann
Key Grip
Rudi Denk
Electrician
Iko Dimitri
Franz Schlammer
Willi Zopf
Isabel Goslar
Continuity
Willi Neuner
Caroline Perchaud
Production Secretary
Ingrid von Anka