The Commander (2024)

  • NR
  • 09/11/2024 (AU)
  • War, History, Drama
  • 2h

Overview

One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in history: to save the 26 shipwrecked Belgians who otherwise would have drowned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and disembark them at the nearest safe harbor. To make room for them on board his submarine, he is forced to navigate on the surface of the water for three days, visible to the enemy forces and endangering his life and that of his men.

Edoardo De Angelis

Story, Director, Screenplay

Sandro Veronesi

Screenplay

Cast

Pierfrancesco Favino's headshot

Pierfrancesco Favino

Salvatore Todaro
Massimiliano Rossi's headshot

Massimiliano Rossi

Vittorio Marcon
Johan Heldenbergh's headshot

Johan Heldenbergh

Georges Vogels
Silvia D'Amico's headshot

Silvia D'Amico

Rina Todaro
Arturo Muselli's headshot

Arturo Muselli

Danilo Stiepovich
Giuseppe Brunetti's headshot

Giuseppe Brunetti

Gigino Magnifico
Gianluca Di Gennaro's headshot

Gianluca Di Gennaro

Vincenzo Stumpo
Johannes Wirix's headshot

Johannes Wirix

Jacques Reclercq

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