Comandante (2023)

Directed by

Edoardo De Angelis

Genre

drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Italy

Runtime

2h

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 230 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Battle of the Atlantic, an Italian submarine commander sinks a Belgian ship. He then disobeys orders to rescue the enemy crew, forcing his own submarine to travel on the surface for three days. This makes his vessel a target.

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What happens

Comandante is a 2023 Italian war drama film co-written and directed by Edoardo De Angelis and starring Pierfrancesco Favino. The film tells an episode of the Battle of the Atlantic, when the Italian submarine Comandante Cappellini sank the Belgian ship Kabalo, and Cappellini's commander Salvatore Todaro (Favino) decided to disobey orders and to rescue the Kabalo's crew, being forced to navigate on the surface for three days, making the ship an easy target for enemies. The film opened the 80th Venice Film Festival on 30 August 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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