Die Seewölfe kommen
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UPC: 7-321925-009682 (DVD)
Region Coding: Region 2
Production Year: 1980
Rating: FSK-12 (Freigegeben ab 12 Jahren)
Running Time: 116 min.
DVD Release: 10/17/2008
Case Type: Keep Case
Video Formats: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Disc Formats: Single Sided, Dual Layered
SRP: €0.00
Sie waren die unwahrscheinlichsten Helden des Zweiten Weltkriegs – die ergrauten Veteranen der leichten Calcutta-Kavallerie, die ihren letzten Einsatz im Burenkrieg geritten hatten. Doch eine Fügung des Schicksals machte sie zu den Seewölfen.

Gregory Peck, Roger Moore, David Niven, Trevor Howard und Patrick Macnee führen die Spitzenbesetzung an. Erzählt wird eine wahre Geschichte, von der die Welt erst erfuhr, als 1978 die Veröffentlichung britischer Geheimdokumente per Gesetz ermöglicht wurde: 1943 funken deutsche Handelsschiffe von der neutralen portugiesischen Kolonie Goa an der indischen Westküste Informationen über britische Schiffbewegungen an bereitliegende U-Boote. Weil ein Angriff in neutralen Gewässern nicht möglich ist, rekrutieren die Briten eine „inoffizielle“ Einsatztruppe. Die Seewölfe kommen entstand an Originalschauplätzen – ein grandioses, Star-gespicktes Abenteuer, das an Die Kanonen von Navarone und Das dreckige Dutzend erinnert.

Genres
War
Action


Studios
Lorimar Motion Pictures
Richmond Light Horse Productions
Varius Entertainment Trading A.G.
Media Companies: Warner Home Video
Features
Subtitles
German
Audio Tracks
German Dolby Digital Mono
English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Cast
Gregory Peck as Colonel Lewis Pugh
Roger Moore as Captain Gavin Stewart
David Niven as Colonel W. H. Grice
Trevor Howard as Jack Cartwright
Barbara Kellermann as "Mrs. Cromwell"
Patrick Macnee as Major Yogi Crossley
Kenneth Griffith as Wilton
Patrick Allen as Colin Mackenzie
Wolf Kahler as Trompeta
Robert Hoffmann as U-Boat Captain
Dan Van Husen as First Officer
George Mikell as Ehrenfels Captain
Jurgen Andersen as First Officer
Bernard Archard as Underhill
Martin Benson as Mr. Montero
Faith Brook as Mrs. Grice
Allan Cuthbertson as Melborne
Edward Dentith as Lumsdaine
Clifford Earl as Sloane
Rusi Gandhi as The Governor
Percy Herbert as Dennison
Patrick Holt as Barker
Donald Houston as Hilliard
Glyn Houston as Peters
Victor Langley as Williamson
Terence Longdon as Malverne
Michael Medwin as Radcliffe
Morgan Sheppard as Lovecroft
John Standing as Finley
Graham Stark as Manners
Keith Stevenson as Manuel
Jack Watson as Maclean
Moray Watson as Breene
Brook Williams as Butterworth
Marc Zuber as Ram Das Gupta
Scot Finch as Croupier
Farid Currim as Room Service Waiter
Mohan Agashe as Brothel Keeper
Martin Grace as Kruger
Crew
Direction:
Andrew V. McLaglen: Director
Writing:
James Leasor: Original Material By
Reginald Rose: Screenwriter
Production:
Chris Chrisafis: Executive Producer
Euan Lloyd: Producer
Cinematography:
Tony Imi: Director of Photography
Film Editing:
John Glen: Film Editor
Music:
Roy Budd: Composer
Richard Addinsell: Song Writer
Leslie Bricusse: Song Writer
Sound:
Colin Miller: Sound Editor
Peter Pennell: Sound Editor
Allan Sones: Sound Editor
David Hildyard: Production Sound Mixer
Gordon K. McCallum: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Graham V. Hartstone: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Nicholas Le Messurier: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art:
Syd Cain: Production Designer
Kit West: Visual Effects
Nick Allder: Visual Effects
Maurice Cain: Art Director
Elsa Fennell: Costume Designer
Neville Smallwood: Make-up Artist