In Enemy Hands (2004)

At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small ... See full summary »

Director:

Tony Giglio

Writers:

John E. Deaver (screenplay), John E. Deaver (story),

Stars:

Til Schweiger, Thomas Kretschmann, Connor Donne

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Til Schweiger	...	U 429: Kapitän Jonas Herdt
Thomas Kretschmann	...	U 429: 1st Watch Officer Ludwig Cremer
Connor Donne	...	U 429: Lt. Bauer (as Conner Donne)
Matt Lindquist	...	U 429: Friedrich
Andy Gatjen	...	U 429: Christophe
Rene Heger	...	Quartermaster Klause
Alex Prusmack	...	U 429: Andreas
Sascha Rosemann	...	U 429: Lars
Justin Thomson	...	U 429 - Wilhem (as Justin Thompson)
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	U 429: Hans
Scott Caan	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Lt. Cmdr. Randall Sullivan
Clark Gregg	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Executive Officer Teddy Goodman
A.J. Buckley	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Medical Officer
William H. Macy	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Chief of Boat Nathan Travers
Jeremy Sisto	...	U.S.S. Swordfish: Jason Abers

Storyline

At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they're forced to join their German captors to fight for their very lives.

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Plot Keywords:

u boat | fight | prisoner of war | mutiny | handcuffs | 

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Taglines:

Courage, trust and honor. In a time when ordinary men had no choice but to become extraordinary heroes.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | War | Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

19 February 2005 (Japan)

Also Known As:

U-Boat

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artisan Entertainment, Splendid Pictures, John Brister Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The real USS Swordfish was lost with all hands in the waters around Okinawa. The real U-429 was transferred to the Italian Navy (where it was dubbed the S 4), then served as a training boat for the German Navy following Italy's surrender.

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Goofs

A Dymo label was shown on one of the USN ship's control switches. The Dymo label company (Dymo tape-writers) did not exist during WW2. It was founded in 1958.

User Reviews

worth watching

hello everybody, having read several comments on this movie, I feel like doing the same myself. I didn't expect too much out of it when I took it home to watch it. the story to my mind has a very unique idea as a layer, I liked it very much. still I thought it was a bit much on the cliché-side, but still very good. The acting was quite amazing at times, especially macy and kretschmann did a great job. personally I never liked schweiger that much, but he did a great job on this movie too. some minor roles were quite good i thought, such as rene heger's. what i liked most about the movie were the dialogs between macy and kretschmann, especially towards the end, quite touching i thought. all in all, i think its a movie that is worth watching.