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The Commander

6.920232h 15MovieWarHistoryDrama

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…

DirectorEdoardo De Angelis
WritersEdoardo De Angelis·Sandro Veronesi
ProducersFrancesca Cima·Paolo Del Brocco

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Cast · Directed by Edoardo De Angelis

PFPierfrancesco Favino
Pierfrancesco Favino
Salvatore Todaro
MRMassimiliano Rossi
Massimiliano Rossi
Vittorio Marcon
JHJohan Heldenbergh
Johan Heldenbergh
Georges Vogels
SDSilvia D'Amico
Silvia D'Amico
Rina Todaro
AMArturo Muselli
Arturo Muselli
Danilo Stiepovich
GBGiuseppe Brunetti
Giuseppe Brunetti
Gigino Magnifico
GGGianluca Di Gennaro
Gianluca Di Gennaro
Vincenzo Stumpo
JWJohannes Wirix
Johannes Wirix
Jacques Reclercq
PAPietro Angelini
Pietro Angelini
Ivano Leandri
MRMario Russo
Mario Russo
Salvatore Minniti
CBCecilia Bertozzi
Cecilia Bertozzi
Anna
PBPaolo Bonacelli
Paolo Bonacelli
Betti

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