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| Actor |
Role |
Description |
| Jürgen Prochnow |
Captain (Kaleu / Der Alte) |
A battle-hardened sea veteran (in his thirties).[1] The surrogate father to his mostly young crewmen, who all look up to him. Despite being openly anti-Nazi, he is engaged to a staunch "Nazi girl" (a widow of a Luftwaffe pilot). |
| Herbert Grönemeyer |
Lieutenant Werner |
The somewhat naive, but honest main narrator. Unlike the rest of the crew, he wears turtleneck sweaters for much of the voyage. Werner is repeatedly mocked for his lack of sailing experience. |
| Klaus Wennemann † |
Chief Engineer (LI) |
A quiet and well-respected man. At age 27, the oldest crewmember besides the Captain. Tormented by the uncertain fate of his family after hearing about an Allied air raid on Cologne. One of the most important crewmen, as he oversees diving operations and makes sure the systems are running correctly. |
| Hubertus Bengsch |
1st Lieutenant (IWO) |
A stiff man, a by-the-book officer, an ardent Nazi and a staunch believer in the Wehrmacht victories. Has a condescending attitude. His fiancée died in British carpet bombing. Raised in some wealth in Mexico by his step-parents. He spends his days writing his thoughts on military training and leadership for the High Command. |
| Martin Semmelrogge |
2nd Lieutenant (IIWO) |
A vulgar, comedic, crude officer, who hides a vulnerable side behind his macho image. He explains much of the submarine operations to Werner. One of his duties is to decode messages from base, using the Enigma code machine. |
| Bernd Tauber |
Chief Helmsman (Obersteuermann) Kriechbaum |
The navigator. He gets wounded in the airplane attack at Gibraltar. Kriechbaum has four sons, with another on the way. |
| Erwin Leder |
Chief Mechanic (Obermaschinist) Johann |
The mechanic, obsessed with a near-fetish love for the U96 engine. Suffers a mental breakdown during the attack of two destroyers; he is able to redeem himself by valiantly working to stop water leaks when the boat is trapped in Gibraltor. Speaks with Austrian accent. This was his ninth patrol. |
| Martin May |
Cadet (Fähnrich) Ullmann |
Young officer candidate who has a pregnant French fiancée (which is considered taboo by the French partisans) and worries about her safety. He is one of the few crewmembers that Werner is able to connect with; Werner even offers to deliver Ullman's love letters when it seems the former will leave the submarine. |
| Heinz Hoenig |
Petty Officer (Maat) Hinrich |
The radioman, sonar controller and ship's combat medic. He is in many ways the second most important crewman, since he gauges speed and direction of their targets and enemy destroyers. Hinrich is one of the few officers that the Captain is able to relate to. |
| Uwe Ochsenknecht |
Chief Bosun (Bootsmann) Lumprecht |
The severe chief who shows Werner around the U-96. |
| Claude-Oliver Rudolph |
Ario |
The burly mechanic who tells that Dufte is getting married and throws around pictures of Dufte's homely fiancée to laugh at them both. |
| Jan Fedder |
Petty Officer (Maat) Pilgrim |
Another sailor (watch officer and diving planes operator), gets almost swept off the submarine, breaks several ribs and is hospitalised for a while. Speaks with a Hamburg accent. |
| Ralf Richter |
Petty Officer (Maat) Frenssen |
Pilgrim's best friend. Pilgrim and Frenssen love to trade dirty jokes. |
| Joachim Bernhard |
Theologian (Bibelforscher) |
Religious sailor who is constantly reading the Bible. He is punched by Frenssen when the submarine is trapped at the bottom of the Straits of Gibraltor for praying rather than repairing the boat. |
| Oliver Stritzel |
Schwalle |
The blond sailor who speaks with a Berlin accent. |
| Lutz Schnell |
Dufte |
The sailor who gets jeered at because he is getting married and for a possible false airplane sighting. |
| Otto Sander |
Kapitänleutnant Phillip Thomsen |
Another U-boat commander, an alcoholic. When he is introduced, he is extremely drunk and briefly mocks Adolf Hitler. Sometime after U-96 departs, Thomsen is deployed once again and the two submarines meet randomly in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. After failing to make contact later, the Captain is forced to report to HQ that Thomsen is missing. |
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