---
title: 'U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harald Reinl'
released: '1958-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/u-47-kapitanleutnant-prien-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052329/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien (1958)

1958 · 90 min · History · Germany


## Synopsis

U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien is a 1958 black-and-white German war film portraying the World War II career of the U-boat captain Günther Prien. It stars Dieter Eppler and Sabine Sesselmann and was directed by Harald Reinl.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harald Reinl](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-reinl)
- **Screenplay:** [Julius Joachim Bartsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-joachim-bartsch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Norbert Schultze](https://cinepixo.com/people/norbert-schultze)
- **Producer:** [Gero Wecker](https://cinepixo.com/people/gero-wecker)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernst Wilhelm Kalinke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-wilhelm-kalinke)

## Cast

- [Peter Herzog](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-herzog)
- [Uta Hallant](https://cinepixo.com/people/uta-hallant)
- [Dieter Eppler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-eppler)
- [Michael Cramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-cramer)
- [Richard Häussler](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-haussler)
- [Emmerich Schrenk](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmerich-schrenk)
- [Werner Stock](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-stock)
- [Joachim Fuchsberger](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-fuchsberger)
- [Matthias Fuchs](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-fuchs)
- [Dieter Borsche](https://cinepixo.com/people/dieter-borsche)
- [Ernst Reinhold](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-reinhold)
- [Raidar Müller-Elmau](https://cinepixo.com/people/raidar-muller-elmau)
- [Rolf Moebius](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-moebius)
- [Horst Naumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-naumann)
- [Olga Chekhova](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-chekhova)

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