The Commander

The Commander

2023 · 120 min · ★ 6.9 · War, History, Drama

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.

Directed by Edoardo De Angelis · Written by Edoardo De Angelis

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Pierfrancesco Favino Salvatore Todaro
Massimiliano Rossi Vittorio Marcon
Johan Heldenbergh Georges Vogels
Silvia D'Amico Rina Todaro
Arturo Muselli Danilo Stiepovich
Giuseppe Brunetti Gigino Magnifico
Gianluca Di Gennaro Vincenzo Stumpo
Johannes Wirix Jacques Reclercq
Pietro Angelini Ivano Leandri
Mario Russo Salvatore Minniti
Cecilia Bertozzi Anna
Paolo Bonacelli Betti

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