Hostile Waters
Brief Synopsis
Thriller based on the previously untold true story of how a near-nuclear catastrophe was averted in the wake of a collision between American and Soviet nuclear submarines off the coast of the United States on October 3, 1986.
Cast & Crew
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David Drury
Director
Rutger Hauer
Martin Sheen
Max Von Sydow
Colm Feore
Felix Knyphausen
Film Details
Also Known As
Death of a Yankee, Peril en Mer
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
1997
Location
Babelsberg Studios, Potsdam, Germany; Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany; Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; Roehampton, England, United Kingdom
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 34m
Synopsis
Thriller based on the previously untold true story of how a near-nuclear catastrophe was averted in the wake of a collision between American and Soviet nuclear submarines off the coast of the United States on October 3, 1986.
Director
David Drury
Director
Cast
Rutger Hauer
Martin Sheen
Max Von Sydow
Colm Feore
Felix Knyphausen
Rob Campbell
John Rothman
Alexis Denisof
James E Kerr
Oliver Marlo
Eckbert Matschie
Regina Taylor
David King
J J Gordon
Philip Martin Brown
Seamus Mcquade
Joachim Paul Assböck
Harris Yulin
Rainer Sellien
Lawrence Elman
Richard Graham
Peter Guinness
Dominic Monaghan
William Marsh
Erik Hansen
Michael Attwell
Sanja Spengler
Mark Drewry
Michael J Shannon
E Alexander Wachholz
Todd Boyce
Frank Baker
Paul Birchard
Garry Cooper
Norbert Tefelski
Crew
Dirk Albrecht
Electrician
Phyl Allarie
Production Coordinator
Jorg Arnold
Other
Peter Arnold
Camera Assistant
Alex Balanescu
Other
Jens Bartram
Makeup Artist
Karl Baumgartner
Consultant
Friedrich Bendele
Grip
James Bigwood
Other
Sarah Bird
Casting Director
Craig Blankenhorn
Photography
John Bloom
Special Thanks To
Josephine Bochnig
Tailor
Karl Heinz Bochnig
Special Effects Supervisor
Tanja Bochnig
Production Assistant
Andreas Brandt
Other
Thomas Brauniger
Art Assistant
Detlef Bruchner
Other
Jon Bunker
Production Designer
Al Burgess
Line Producer
Zoe Cain
Rerecording
Alan Church
Visual Effects
Mary Colquhoun
Casting Director
Ed Colyer
Adr Mixer
Paul Conway
Dialogue Editor
William Cran
Executive Producer
Alec Curtis
Director Of Photography
Mike Dowson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Annette Drees
Assistant Director
Jurgen Drum
Effects Assistant
Ben Drury
Assistant Director
Hannes Ewerth
Consultant
Kaspar Falkenroth
Assistant
Ian Farr
Editor
David Ferguson
Music
Richard Fettes
Sound Effects Editor
Georg Fick
Camera
Peter Field
Director Of Photography
Christian Fischer
Driver
David Ford
Visual Effects
Andy Fowler
Production Coordinator
Mike Fraser
Negative Cutting
Bernd Fraunholz
Art Assistant
Tony Garnett
Producer
Dirk Gobel
Location Manager
Karl-heinz Goldschmidt
Art Department
J J Gordon
Other
Deanna Gould
Visual Effects
Rob Greene
Main Title Design
Eckart Griz
Driver
Martin Gutteridge
Visual Effects
Stefan A Haase
Animator
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decorator
Annette Hoffman
Costume Designer
Peter Holmes
Visual Effects
Lothar Horn
Grip
Peter Huchthausen
Research And Content Consultant
Axel Huebner
Driver
Uli Isfort
Props Buyer
Gerhard Jakubowski
Production Supervisor
Heiko Jorke
Key Grip
Chris Joyce
Boom Operator
Ronald Kage
Best Boy
Axel Kahnt
Property Master
Joseph Klinger
Special Effects
Dirk Kornfuhrer
Other
Sabine Kotke
Caterer
Thomas Krivy
Other
Anne-marie Laber
Wardrobe
Stephan Lethaus
Animator
Dieter Littman
Special Effects
David Lord
Music Conductor
Tom Mangold
Research And Content Consultant
Marion Manthey
Accounting Assistant
Frank Marggraf
Gaffer
Troy Kennedy Martin
Screenplay
Jason Mcdonald
3-D Artist
Sebastian Meuschel
Steadicam Operator
Paul Meyer-gerlt
Accountant
Catherine Michel
Camera
Sascha Mieke
Camera Assistant
John Morris
Visual Effects
Thomas Mulack
Effects Coordinator
Hans Muller
Generator Operator
Conny Neetenbeek
Production Assistant
Cindy Niepold
Wardrobe Assistant
Derek Norman
Sound Recordist
Mike Nunn
Post-Production Supervisor
Jackie Ophir
Assistant Editor
Cornelia Partmann
Casting
Robert Quinn
Assistant Director
Martina Raschke
Makeup Artist
Ian Reade-hill
Art Director
Brian A Roberts
Driver
Katy Salvidge
Music Arranger
John Sargent
Other
Ingo Scharnowski
Electrician
Udo Scharnowski
Art Director
Udo Scharnowski
Construction
Mike Schmidt
Office Runner
Uli Schmidt
Assistant Camera Operator
Sebastian Schwandtner
Electrician
Mark Taylor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephanie Tepper
Executive Producer
Carla Thoeren
Associate Producer
Konstantin Thoeren
Executive Producer
David M. Thompson
Executive Producer
Dieter Tillak
Construction Manager
Dominic Tuohy
Visual Effects
Matthew Twyford
Visual Effects
Volker Ullrich
Production Coordinator
Stephanie Umbreit
Driver
Mike Valentine
Camera
Viola Volk
Wardrobe Supervisor
Philine Von Goretzky
Office Runner
Christel Vonk
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Julie Watkins
Visual Effects
John Watson
Assistant Director
Jens Wesse
Caterer
Jonathan Westley
2-D Animator
Claudia Wipfler
Script Supervisor
Aviv Yaron
Visual Effects
Patrik Zimmermann
Props
Film Details
Also Known As
Death of a Yankee, Peril en Mer
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
1997
Location
Babelsberg Studios, Potsdam, Germany; Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany; Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; Roehampton, England, United Kingdom
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 34m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States January 13, 1998
Aired in United States July 26, 1997
Released in United States on Video January 13, 1998
Previous title: "Death of a Yankee."
Began shooting September 10, 1996.
Completed shooting October 28, 1996.
