Jürgen Prochnow character Kapitän-Leutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
Herbert Grönemeyer character Leutnant Werner
Klaus Wennemann character Der Leitende / Fritz Grade
Hubertus Bengsch character 1WO
Martin Semmelrogge character 2WO
Bernd Tauber character Kriechbaum / Navigator
Erwin Leder character Johann
Martin May character Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig character Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht character Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph character Ario
Jan Fedder character Pilgrim
Ralf Richter character Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard character Preacher
Oliver Stritzel character Schwalle
Konrad Becker character Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell character Dufte
Martin Hemme character Brückenwilli
Rita Cadillac character Monique
Günter Lamprecht character Captain of the 'Weser'
Otto Sander character Phillip Thomsen
Jean-Claude Hoffmann character Benjamin
Arno Kral character Hagen
Helmut Neumeier character Schmutt
Wilhelm Pietsch character Franz
Dirk Salomon character Markus
Sky du Mont character Leutnant Müller
Ulrich Günther character Erster WO Merkel (uncredited)
Maryline Moulard character Françoise (uncredited)
Edwige Pierre character Nadine (uncredited)
