El Submarino

North Atlantic, winter, sonar pings echoing through the darkness. A German U-boat crew scrambles to evade depth charges, their metal world creaking under pressure. Petersen frames war as a claustrophobic grind.

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Wolfgang Petersen directed El Submarino in 1981. See Wolfgang Petersen's full filmography, where to start with Wolfgang Petersen, or where to go after you've seen everything by Wolfgang Petersen.

El Submarino was released in 1981 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 150 minutes.