X-1

X-1 is a 2005 war film, It is a remake of the 1968 film Submarine X-1, in turn loosely based on Operation Source attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in 1943. The film stars an international cast consisting of Jude Law, Sam Rockwell, Tobey Maguire, Idris Elba, Heino Ferch and Marion Cotillard. The film was directed by Joseph Andy from a screenplay by David Ayer and was co-produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and TriStar Pictures.

Plot
In 1943, a Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve officer from Canada, Commander Bolton (Jude Law) and a few surviving crew members of his 50-man submarine Gauntlet swim ashore after unsuccessfully attacking German battleship Lindendorf. After a review, Captain Bolton is cleared of any wrongdoing and placed in charge of a small group of experimental X-class submarines. Bolton is assigned by Vice-Admiral Redmayne (Rupert Davies) to quickly train crews to man the submarines and sink the Lindendorf while it is hidden away in a Norwegian fjord.

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Release
X-1 was released on VHS and DVD on October 4, 2005 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and on Blu-ray on June 20, 2006 as a launch title for the format.