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Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 85Audiences 85GoodWatch 85
Metascore85
Letterboxd · 126 K ratings4.3/5
User score8.6
IMDb8.3
Box office
6.1×its budget
- Budget
- $14 M
- Worldwide
- $85 M
Worldwide it earned $71 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 30 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +41 min on the typical 109
typical 109150Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 9 countries, rent or buy in 27 more
Released
1981
September 17, 1981
45 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryWarLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishFrenchMade in
- Germany
Academy Awards1982 to 1983
- Directing1983Nominated
- Writing (Adapted Screenplay)1983Nominated
- Cinematography1983Nominated
- Film Editing1983Nominated
- Sound1983Nominated
- Sound Editing1983Nominated
- Film Editing1982Nominated
- Sound1982Nominated
- Sound Editing1982Nominated
Golden Globe Awards1982
- Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language1982Nominated
BAFTA Awards1983
- Best Film Not In The English Language1983Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards1983
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, Feature Film1983Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 20 more31 people
- Jürgen ProchnowLieutenant 'Der Alte'
- Herbert GrönemeyerLieutenant Werner
- Klaus WennemannChief Engineer
- Hubertus BengschFirst Watch Officer
- Martin SemmelroggeSecond Watch Officer
- Bernd TauberKriechbaum
- Erwin LederJohann 'Das Gespenst'
- Martin MayUllmann
Heinz HoenigHinrich
Uwe OchsenknechtChief Bosun
Claude-Oliver RudolphArio
Jan FedderPilgrim
Rita CadillacMonique
Ralf RichterFrenssen- JBJoachim BernhardPreacher
Oliver StritzelSchwalle
Konrad BeckerBockstiegel
Lutz SchnellDufte- MHMartin HemmeBrückenwilli
Otto SanderPhillip Thomsen
Günter LamprechtWeser Captain- GFGünther FrankeWeser First Officer
- JHJean-Claude HoffmannBenjamin
- AKArno KralHagen
Directing · 6
- Wolfgang Petersen Director, Screenplay
- Hannes Nikel Second Unit Director, Editor
- Isabel Goslar Continuity
- Georg Borgel First Assistant Director
- Marie-Antoinette Petersen Second Assistant Director
- Isabel Prochnow Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Dean Riesner Screenplay
- Lothar-Günther Buchheim Novel
Production · 11
- John W. Hyde Executive Producer
- Edward R. Pressman Executive Producer
- Mark Damon Johnson Executive Producer
- Günter Rohrbach Producer
- Michael Bittins Producer, Production Manager
- Ortwin Freyermuth Producer
Camera · 5
- Jost Vacano Director of Photography
- Mike Rutter Assistant Camera
- Ernst Wild Additional Photography
- Ludwig Sauermann Key Grip
- Karl-Heinz Vogelmann Still Photographer
Sound · 10
- Klaus Doldinger Original Music Composer
- Hans-Walter Kramski Foley
- Mel Kutbay Foley
- Trevor Pyke Sound Mixer
- Stanislav Litera Sound Recordist
- Karola Storr Sound Effects Editor
Art · 7
- Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design
- Monika Moritz Property Master
- Götz Weidner Art Direction
- Peter Dürst Property Master
- Rüdiger Wagner Property Master
- Walter E. Richarz Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Monika Bauert Costume Design
- Rüdiger von Sperl Makeup Artist
- Ago von Sperl Makeup Artist
- Alfred Rasche Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 1
- Karl Baumgartner Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 4
- Rudi Denk Electrician
- Willi Zopf Electrician
- Iko Dimitri Electrician
- Franz Schlammer Electrician
Other crew · 10
- Albrecht von Bethmann Sound Recordist
- Heinz Schürer Sound Recordist
- Willi Neuner Special Effects
- Werner Böhm Sound Recordist
- Franz Kirschke Special Effects
- William H. Brown Post Production Supervisor
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