During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the nazi's top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device.

Bonus materials: Spotlight on location: the making of U-571, Feature commentary with director Jonathan Mastow, Creating and constructing U-571 ;Inside the enigma ; Britain captures the U-110 ; A submariner's WWII esperience ; U.S. naval archives: Capturing the U-505 ; both Dolby digital and DIS Audio tracks ; theatrical trailer ; DVD-ROM features and more. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2000.