Filmmakers
Above the lineWP
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
DR
Screenplay
Dean Riesner
WP
Screenplay
Wolfgang Petersen
JV
Cinematography
Jost Vacano
Director of Photography
HN
Editing
Hannes Nikel
Editor
KD
Music
Klaus Doldinger
Original Music Composer
RZ
Production Design
Rolf Zehetbauer
MB
Costume Design
Monika Bauert
Cast
41JP
Jürgen Prochnow
Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
HG
Herbert Grönemeyer
Leutnant Werner
KW
Klaus Wennemann
Chef Ingenieur
HB
Hubertus Bengsch
First Watch Officer
MS
Martin Semmelrogge
Second Watch Officer
BT
Bernd Tauber
Kriechbaum
EL
Erwin Leder
Johann 'Das Gespenst'
MM
Martin May
Ullmann
HH
Heinz Hoenig
Hinrich
UO
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Bosun
CR
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Ario
JF
Jan Fedder
Pilgrim
RC
Rita Cadillac
Monique
RR
Ralf Richter
Frenssen
JB
Joachim Bernhard
Preacher
OS
Oliver Stritzel
Schwalle
KB
Konrad Becker
Bockstiegel
LS
Lutz Schnell
Dufte
MH
Martin Hemme
Brückenwilli
OS
Otto Sander
Phillip Thomsen
GL
Günter Lamprecht
Weser Captain
TB
Thomas Boxhammer
RB
Roger Barth
GF
Günther Franke
Weser First Officer
CB
Christian Bendomir
NG
Norbert Gronwald
AK
Albert Kraml
JH
Jean-Claude Hoffmann
Benjamin
PP
Peter Pathenis
AK
Arno Kral
Hagen
CS
Christian Seipolt
HN
Helmut Neumeier
Schmutt
FS
Ferdinand Schaal
WP
Wilhelm Pietsch
Franz
RW
Rolf Weber
DS
Dirk Salomon
Markus
LZ
Lothar Zajicek
SM
Sky du Mont
Weser Officer (uncredited)
UG
Ulrich Günther
Merkel (uncredited)
EP
Edwige Pierre
Nadine (uncredited)
GS
Günter Spörrle
Seewald (uncredited)
Departments
55Production
- Willy SchlenterCasting
- John W. HydeExecutive Producer
- Edward R. PressmanExecutive Producer
- Mark Damon JohnsonExecutive Producer
- Günter RohrbachProducer
- Ortwin FreyermuthProducer
- Michael BittinsProducer
- Lutz HengstProduction Executive
- Michael BittinsProduction Manager
- Philippe DussartProduction Manager
- Ingrid von AnkaProduction Secretary
- Caroline PerchaudProduction Secretary
Camera
- Ernst WildAdditional Photography
- Mike RutterAssistant Camera
- Ludwig SauermannKey Grip
- Karl-Heinz VogelmannStill Photographer
Sound
- Hans-Walter KramskiFoley
- Mel KutbayFoley
- Alan WillisMusic Editor
- Mike Le MareSound Editor
- Karola StorrSound Effects Editor
- Peter HorrocksSound Effects Editor
- Milan BorSound Mixer
- Trevor PykeSound Mixer
- Stanislav LiteraSound Recordist
Art
- Götz WeidnerArt Direction
- Philipp von SeilAssistant Art Director
- Walter E. RicharzAssistant Art Director
- Peter DürstProperty Master
- Rüdiger WagnerProperty Master
- Monika MoritzProperty Master
Costume & Make-Up
- Rüdiger von SperlMakeup Artist
- Alfred RascheMakeup Artist
- Ago von SperlMakeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Karl BaumgartnerSpecial Effects Supervisor
Lighting
- Willi ZopfElectrician
- Franz SchlammerElectrician
- Rudi DenkElectrician
- Iko DimitriElectrician
Crew
- William H. BrownPost Production Supervisor
- Friedrich ThalerScenic Artist
- Karsten UllrichSound Recordist
- Werner BöhmSound Recordist
- Albrecht von BethmannSound Recordist
- Heinz SchürerSound Recordist
- Karl-Heinz BochnigSpecial Effects
- Willi NeunerSpecial Effects
- Max GretmannSpecial Effects
- Franz KirschkeSpecial Effects
Writing
Directing
- Isabel GoslarContinuity
- Georg BorgelFirst Assistant Director
- Isabel ProchnowScript Supervisor
- Marie-Antoinette PetersenSecond Assistant Director
- Hannes NikelSecond Unit Director