The Commander
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 in history: to save the 26 shipwrecked Belgians who otherwise would have drowned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and disembark them at the nearest safe harbor. To make room for them on board his submarine, he is forced to navigate on the surface of the water for three days, visible to the enemy forces and endangering his life and that of his men.
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Cast
22 people
Pierfrancesco Favino
Salvatore Todaro
Known for
Rush
The Traitor
Massimiliano Rossi
Vittorio Marcon
Known for
The First King
Gomorrah
Johan Heldenbergh
Georges Vogels
Known for
The Broken Circle Breakdown
The Zookeeper's Wife
Silvia D'Amico
Rina Todaro
Known for
Don't Be Bad
The Place
Arturo Muselli
Danilo Stiepovich
Known for
Gomorrah
Dragonheart: Vengeance
Giuseppe Brunetti
Gigino Magnifico
Known for
The Lying Life of Adults
Natale in casa Cupiello
Gianluca Di Gennaro
Vincenzo Stumpo
Known for
Gomorrah
They Call Me Jeeg
Johannes Wirix
Jacques Reclercq
No other roles listed
Pietro Angelini
Ivano Leandri
Known for
Pasolini
Mario Russo
Salvatore Minniti
Known for
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Cecilia Bertozzi
Anna
Known for
I Hate Christmas
Paolo Bonacelli
Betti
Known for
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Midnight Express
Edoardo De Angelis Director · Sandro Veronesi Screenplay Robert Del Naja Composer
Worldwide gross $4M · Budget $15M · First release August 30, 2023
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$4,000,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Indigo Film
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
O'Groove
Production
Tramp
Production
VGroove
Production
Wise srl
Production
Bedside Productions
Production
MiC
Production
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Production
Apulia Film Commission
Production
Regione Campania
Production
Cinecittà
Production
Italy · Belgium
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Comandante
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Dutch · English · French · Italian
Release dates
Italy · August 30, 2023
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Italy · October 31, 2023
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
September 11, 2024 · Premiere · St. Ali Italian Film Festival
April 16, 2025 · Physical
Bulgaria
October 7, 2023 · Premiere · Cinelibri Book&Movie Festival
China
June 14, 2024 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
France
February 8, 2024 · Premiere · Lyon Rencontres autour du cinéma italien d'aujourd'hui
Germany
November 4, 2023 · Digital
Greece
November 4, 2023 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Indonesia
April 24, 2024 · Premiere · Italian Film Festival: Venice in Jakarta
Israel
October 2, 2023 · Premiere · Haifa Film Festival
Italy
February 21, 2024 · Physical
Japan
July 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Russia
November 28, 2024 · Digital
South Korea
August 1, 2024 · Theatrical
Spain
December 15, 2023 · Premiere · Mostra de Cinema Italià de Barcelona
July 25, 2024 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 6, 2024 · Limited theatrical
December 23, 2024 · Digital
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