A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 10 nominations total
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
- Eddie
- (as T.C. Carson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe caption before the end credits, detailing the fact that the Royal Navy captured the first Enigma machine, was only added after an outcry in Britain, where it was believed that Hollywood was trying to claim the credit for the Americans (whose forces captured no German Naval Enigma material until 1944).
- GoofsIn the engagement with the other U-Boat, U-571 fires four torpedoes in quick succession without taking on trim water, yet the U-Boat does not change depth or trim. Each torpedo weighted from 1.5 to 2 tons. The sudden removal of that weight would cause a submarine's bow to move upwards if not countered. This is one reason why normal practice was to space the firing of torpedoes by 8 to 10 seconds, which allowed the submarine to take on water to compensate for the lost weight.
- Quotes
Chief Klough: You're the skipper now. And the skipper always knows what to do whether he does or not.
- Alternate versionsAt least one version of the theatrical release contained no subtitles for the opening scene aboard the German submarine. This was possibly to increase dramatic effect, placing emphasis on the acting and visuals rather than the dialogue.
- ConnectionsEdited into In Enemy Hands (2004)
- SoundtracksLover, Come Back to Me
Written by Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
(performed at the wedding reception while Dahlgreen is talking to Tyler)
Featured review
Yet more American (Hollywood?) historical revisionism!
Yet again, Hollywood rewrites history to make it look like America alone won the Second World War! This really is an awful movie that spectacularly distorts the history of the Battle of the Atlantic and, as a proud Briton, I find it downright insulting to my nation and it's efforts during the Second World War. It totally ignores even the basic historical facts concerning the true story of the breaking of the Enigma code, apart from a little mention in the end credits at the point where most movie-goers have already begun to walk out of the theatre and are unlikely to ever see it. And with all of the other factual errors, distortions, and cultural stereotypes, this is about as far from being even a semi-accurate depiction of the war at sea as you will ever get.
If you want a movie that has no basis in reality and just panders to national stereotypes and American patriotic jingoism, then you'll probably enjoy this movie - Just remember that what you are watching is complete fiction and not in any way a representation of true history. However, if you want something that accurately depicts submarine warfare in the Atlantic during the Second World War, you'd be far better advised to watch Das Boot instead.
If you want a movie that has no basis in reality and just panders to national stereotypes and American patriotic jingoism, then you'll probably enjoy this movie - Just remember that what you are watching is complete fiction and not in any way a representation of true history. However, if you want something that accurately depicts submarine warfare in the Atlantic during the Second World War, you'd be far better advised to watch Das Boot instead.
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- cherry5000
- Oct 10, 2011
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Tàu Ngầm U-571
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $62,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $77,122,415
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,553,310
- Apr 23, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $127,666,415
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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