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