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U-571 is a 2000 movie directed by Jonathan Mostow, and starring Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Noseworthy, Will Estes, and Tom Guiry. In the movie, a German submarine is boarded in 1942 by disguised American submariners seeking to capture its Enigma cipher machine.

Tagline: Heroes are ordinary men who do extraordinary things in extraordinary times.

Cast

Matthew McConaughey .... Lt. Andrew Tyler, Executive Officer
Bill Paxton .... Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren
Harvey Keitel .... CPO Henry Klough
Jon Bon Jovi .... Lt. Pete Emmett, Chief Engineer
David Keith .... Maj. Matthew Coonan, USMC, Office of Naval Intelligence
Thomas Kretschmann .... Capt.-Lt. Gunther Wassner
Jake Weber .... Lt. Hirsch, USNR
Jack Noseworthy .... Seaman Bill Wentz, Radioman
Tom Guiry .... Seaman Ted 'Trigger' Fitzgerald, Radioman
Will Estes .... Seaman Ronald 'Rabbit' Parker, Torpedoman
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson .... Steward Eddie Carson
Erik Palladino .... Seaman Anthony Mazzola, Planesman
Dave Power .... Seaman Charles 'Tank' Clemens, Machinist Mate
Derk Cheetwood .... Seaman Herb Griggs, Helmsman
Matthew Settle .... Ens. Keith Larson, Chief Torpedoman
Rebecca Tilney .... Mrs. Dahlgren
Carolyna De Laurentiis .... Prudence Dahlgren
Dina De Laurentiis .... Louise Dahlgren
Burnell Tucker .... Adm. Duke
Rob Allyn .... Ensign
Carsten Voigt .... German Chief Hans
Gunter Würger .... Lt. Kohn, German Executive Officer
Oliver Stokowski .... German E-Chief
Arnd Klawitter .... German Hydrophone Operator
Kai Maurer .... German Planesman
Robert Lahoda .... German Engineer
Peter Stark .... German Lookout
Erich Redman .... German Bosun
Sergeant William John Evans .... Marine Sergeant
Robin Askwith .... British Seaman
Jasper Wood .... Petty Officer
Martin Glade .... Gunner Officer
Oliver Osthus .... Depth Charge Officer
Corporal John William Falconer .... Other Sergeant
Corporal Cory Glen Mathews .... Other Sergeant
Valentina Ardeatini .... Mrs. Peggy Larson

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Jennifer Barrett Malinowski .... Joanie - Pete Emmett's Fiancee (uncredited)
Norman Campbell Rees .... Milatary police seargent (uncredited)

Historical inaccuracies

Enigma and associated documents containing key material were first recovered from a U-boat in May 1941 — before the United States' entry into World War II — by the British who captured U-110. The British also captured material from U-559 in 1942. The U.S. Navy did seize German Naval Enigma material in June 1944 when it captured U-505 (the U.S. Navy's first capture of an enemy vessel at sea in 129 years).

The film caused irritation in Britain. The families of Royal Navy Lieutenant Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier, who lost their lives while retrieving the Enigma from U559, were particularly upset. Critics also argued that U-571 failed to portray history correctly because, in total, there were some 15 captures of Naval Enigma material during World War II, of which the Americans and Canadians each carried out one (U-505 and U-774, respectively), while the British performed the rest. While the British captures from submarines and weather trawlers provided critical information for breaking Enigma, by the time of the American and Canadian captures, the Allies were reading Naval Enigma routinely. Moreover, the American capture of U-505 by a destroyer captain on the eve of D-Day might have jeopardized Operation Overlord. However, as acknowledged by the film-makers, the story of the film is entirely fictional.

Shortly after the release of the film, BBC radio interviewed a former British naval officer who had been involved in the recovery of cipher-key tables from a German submarine that was on the point of sinking; he commented that the film was entertaining, though it had nothing to do with historical fact.

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