Das Rettungsboot

You're a survivor afloat in the Atlantic after a U-boat attack. But one more passenger climbs aboard: a man from the U-boat itself. Hitchcock's wartime chamber piece finds the enemy less obvious than it seems. It leaves one wondering who is really in charge.

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Alfred Hitchcock directed Das Rettungsboot in 1944. See Alfred Hitchcock's full filmography, where to start with Alfred Hitchcock, or where to go after you've seen everything by Alfred Hitchcock.

Das Rettungsboot was released in 1944 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.