U-571 (2000) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
Tyler is the executive officer of S-33 and the mission's central leader. Although Dahlgren doubts his ability to issue orders decisively, Tyler commands the boarding operation, takes U-571 into combat...
Dahlgren commands S-33 and initially blocks Tyler's recommendation for submarine command because he believes Tyler hesitates under pressure. Mortally wounded after S-33 is torpedoed, Dahlgren orders T...
Emmett is a lieutenant serving with the S-33 mission crew. He participates in the operation to seize U-571 and is killed when the American submarine is torpedoed by a German resupply submarine. His de...
Eddie is the cook from S-33 and one of the two survivors found after the American submarine is destroyed. Wassner initially hides among the survivors, but Eddie later helps Mazzola subdue him after th...
Griggs is a seaman involved in the initial boarding of U-571. He is mortally wounded during the surprise attack, and Tyler tries to tend to him while the captured Germans are being confronted. His con...
Tank is the seaman responsible for critical repairs aboard U-571 after the boarding party takes control. Once he gets the submarine operating again, Tyler can steer it toward Land's End. During the fi...
Mazzola is a seaman aboard the captured U-571 who doubts Tyler's leadership. He considers defying Tyler during the encounter with the reconnaissance plane and is punched by Tyler. After Wassner sabota...
Larson is an ensign serving with the S-33 crew and the boarding mission against U-571. He is killed when the American submarine is torpedoed by a German resupply submarine after the boarding party sec...
Hirsch is a Naval Intelligence officer who speaks German and accompanies the S-33 boarding mission. When he hesitates during the initial German conversation, Wentz takes over. Later, Hirsch recognizes...
Wassner is the commander of the damaged German submarine U-571. After surviving the destruction of S-33, he disguises himself as an electrician and sabotages the captured submarine's motor. He shoots...
Rabbit is a crewman on U-571 after the boarding operation and the submarine's capture. When a German reconnaissance plane spots them, Mazzola tries to persuade Rabbit to disobey Tyler and fire on it....
Wentz is the S-33 radioman and speaks German because of his immigrant parents. When Hirsch hesitates while the boarding party confronts the Germans aboard U-571, Wentz initiates the conversation and h...
Trigger is a crewman aboard the captured U-571 who performs a crucial underwater repair during the final battle. He enters the flooded bilge with an air hose to repressurize the last torpedo tube, clo...
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Larson serves with the S-33 crew during the mission commanded by Dahlgren and is killed in the torpedo attack.
Emmett serves with the S-33 mission crew under Dahlgren's command before being killed when S-33 is torpedoed.
Mazzola tries to persuade Rabbit to defy Tyler and fire on the German reconnaissance plane, but Rabbit remains under Tyler's command.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Larson serves on the boarding mission against U-571 under Tyler's operational leadership and dies in the attack on S-33.
Emmett participates in the operation to seize U-571 and is killed when S-33 is torpedoed.
Mazzola tries to convince Rabbit to defy Tyler and fire on the German reconnaissance plane.
Trigger repressurizes the torpedo system from the flooded compartment, allowing Tank to fire the final torpedo.
Eddie helps the wounded Mazzola subdue Wassner after Wassner sabotages the motor and shoots Mazzola.
After Wassner shoots Mazzola, Mazzola helps Eddie overpower the disguised German commander.
After escaping captivity, Wassner sabotages the starboard motor and shoots Mazzola twice.
Hirsch recognizes Wassner's Morse signaling and kills him before he can fully reveal the Allies' possession of the Enigma machine.
When Hirsch hesitates to speak German during the boarding, Wentz initiates the conversation because he is fluent in German.
Emmett and Larson both serve with the S-33 mission crew and are killed in the same German torpedo attack.
Eddie survives the destruction of S-33 and remains with Tyler's crew during the escape aboard U-571.
Tyler's boarding party captures Wassner's submarine, and Tyler later confronts Wassner's sabotage and signals before the final battle.
A captured submarine crew must survive enemy pursuit, internal sabotage, and impossible mechanical odds to deliver the Enigma machine.
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
U-571 (2000) · 6.6/10 · action, adventure, war
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