Comandante

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Comandante

2023

1h 56m

Biography

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History

War

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A commander of an Italian submarine sinks a Belgian ship and puts his men lives at risk to save twenty-six men left adrift in the ocean.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It’s an absorbing story in its way, told in a forthright, un-complex, undemanding manner... Favino also brings to the movie his own potent, unselfconscious masculinity.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 3, 2024

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Raphael Abraham

Financial Times

It’s a bad sign when the highlight of a film involves men making chips — here members of the Italian navy looking on in awed wonder as Belgian rescuees slice potatoes.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 1, 2023

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Ben Croll

TheWrap

“Comandante,” for all its dopiness and national mythologizing, is basically a well-intentioned call for tolerance.

Aug 31, 2023

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Nick Hasted

The Arts Desk

For all the modern touches, this ends as the kind of sea yarn Jack Hawkins helmed in the Fifties.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 11, 2024

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Philip Bagnall

Loud and Clear Reviews

Comandante is exciting, well-produced and different enough from other recent war films to overcome weaknesses in its script and production.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 19, 2024

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Jason Blake

Limelight

Submarine movie jollies aside, Italy's Das Boot feels weighed down by a sense of purpose lying outside of the drama itself.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 18, 2024

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tm11999 M

clowns saying "it's no das boot" are just plain stupid. it's a true story of a man of the sea not forgetting his humanity. awesome film, watch this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/10/25

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Hugh S

Excellent performance by Favino and beautifully shot too. It's no Das Boot though and lacks the tension it should have had.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/23/25

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riccardo g

Raphael Abraham (Financial Times), sorry to read such a useless comment from you. Maybe you were too busy eating popcorn during the movie and didn't watch it because what you wrote is absolutely useless and confirms that you do not have understood the movie at all

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Serena Z

A Real story well performed and written.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/10/24

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Massimo C

Intense, real, touching, but just for Italian speakers, accents, dialects and Italian background is too important to understand deep down the meaning behind the storyline. Pierfrancesco Favino Is an outstanding actor, great in every movie, skilled like few. Top

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/10/24

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Edoardo De Angelis

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Massimiliano Rossi

Vittorio Marcon

Pierfrancesco Favino

Salvatore Todaro

Silvia D'Amico

Rina Todaro

Giuseppe Brunetti

Gigino Magnifico

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Synopsis

A commander of an Italian submarine sinks a Belgian ship and puts his men lives at risk to save twenty-six men left adrift in the ocean.

Director: Edoardo De Angelis
Producer: Edoardo De Angelis, Attilio De Razza, Paolo Del Brocco, Nicola Giuliano, Pierpaolo Verga
Screenwriter: Edoardo De Angelis, Sandro Veronesi
Production Co: Indigo Film, VGroove, Tramp Ltd., Regione Campania, Beside Productions, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Ministero della Cultura (MiC), RAI Cinema, O' Groove, Wise Pictures, Apulia Film Commission
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Original Language: Italian
Runtime: 1h 56m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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