U--47 Lt. Commander Prien
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Harald Reinl
Dieter Eppler
Sabina Sesselmann
Joachim Fuchsberger
Dieter Borsche
Joachim Mock
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
On 14 October 1939, Lieut. Comdr. Günther Prien, a German war hero commanding a U--47, infiltrates Scapa Flow, a Scottish bay housing the British Home Fleet. He destroys the battleship Royal Oak and safely brings his submarine out of the harbor. Within 2 years, his U-boat is sunk by a British destroyer. Prien and the vessel's cook are taken aboard a hostile freighter, which itself is torpedoed by a German submarine commanded by Prien's close friend, who is horrified to find Prien's cap amidst the debris. The friend's U-boat is in turn attacked by a British aircraft and sunk.
Director
Harald Reinl
Cast
Dieter Eppler
Sabina Sesselmann
Joachim Fuchsberger
Dieter Borsche
Joachim Mock
Richard Häussler
Harald Juhnke
Ute Hallant
Olga Tschechowa
Ernst Reinhold
Raidar Müller
Mathias Fuchs
Rolf Möbius
Michael Cramer
Peter Carsten
Heinz Engelmann
Rolf Weih
Crew
Fritz Anton
Hans Auffenberg
Joachim Bartsch
Mohr Von Chamier
Edith Dahlke
Ernst Erdmann
Lothar Gündisch
Erwin Hübenthal
Ernst W. Kalinke
Herbert Karwahne
Erich Kettelhut
Dieter Liphardt
Fritz Moritz
Willi Schöne
Norbert Schultze
Helmut Volmer
Udo Wolter
Ludwig Ziegler
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
This film was based on the actual war experiences of Günther Prien. The picture opened in Stuttgart in September 1958 as U 47-Kapitänleutnant Prien. The working title of the film was Kapitänleutnant Prien-Der Stier von Scapa Flow.
