

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.
Salvatore Todaro

Vittorio Marcon

Georges Vogels

Rina Todaro

Danilo Stiepovich

Gigino Magnifico

Vincenzo Stumpo

Jacques Reclercq

Ivano Leandri

Salvatore Minniti

Anna

Betti

Leonardo Barletta

Caudron

De Angelis

Angelina
Pietro Bono

Enrico Lesen d'Aston

Morandi
Athos Fraternale

Von Wettern
Antonio Mulargia