Comandante (2023)
Release Year: 2023
Nation: Italy
Alternative Title: Капитанът, Komandant, Der Kommandant - Entscheidung im Atlantik, Comandante - A parancsnok, 潜水艦コマンダンテ 誇り高き決断
Director: Edoardo De Angelis
Writer: Edoardo De Angelis, Sandro Veronesi
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Paolo Del Brocco, Carlotta Calori, Luca Bitterlin, Viola Prestieri, Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano, Attilio De Razza, Pierpaolo Verga, Edoardo De Angelis, Virginia Cefaly, Francesca Floris, Stacey Dodge, Valentina Donnini, Emanuela Epifano
Companies: Bedside Productions, Indigo Film, O'Groove, RAI Cinema, Tramp LTD, VGroove, Wise srl
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Budget: 15.000.000
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Keywords
Keywords: 1940s, navy, submarine, world war ii
Story
During the early stages of World War II, Captain Salvatore Todaro of the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini encounters a Belgian merchant ship adrift at sea. Seeing that the crew is in danger of drowning, Todaro makes the unprecedented decision to save them by taking them aboard his submarine despite the risks involved. To accommodate everyone on board, he navigates the submarine on the surface for three days, exposing themselves to enemy forces and putting his life and those of his men at grave risk.
Summary
Comandante is a gripping historical drama directed by Edoardo De Angelis, set against the backdrop of World War II. The film centers around Captain Salvatore Todaro, an unconventional commander of the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini, who takes extraordinary risks to save the lives of 26 Belgian sailors adrift in the Atlantic Ocean. While navigating his submarine on the surface for days, visible to enemy forces, Todaro's actions challenge traditional military protocols and emphasize the importance of humanity amidst conflict.
