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Das Boot
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
1981 · Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · 150 min · Drama · History · War · 24 frames
Tagline
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
Crew
- Screenplay: Wolfgang Petersen, Dean Riesner
- Cinematography: Jost Vacano
- Edited by: Hannes Nikel
- Music: Klaus Doldinger
- Production design: Rolf Zehetbauer
- Produced by: Günter Rohrbach, Michael Bittins, Ortwin Freyermuth
Cast
- Jürgen Prochnow as Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
- Herbert Grönemeyer as Leutnant Werner
- Klaus Wennemann as Chef Ingenieur
- Hubertus Bengsch as First Watch Officer
- Martin Semmelrogge as Second Watch Officer
- Bernd Tauber as Kriechbaum
- Erwin Leder as Johann 'Das Gespenst'
- Martin May as Ullmann
- Heinz Hoenig as Hinrich
- Uwe Ochsenknecht as Chief Bosun
Production
- Country: Germany
- Language: German, English, French
- Studios: Radiant Film, Bavaria Film
- Budget: $14,000,000
- Box office: $85,000,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, submarine, war correspondent, atlantic ocean, gibraltar, world war ii, duty, suicide mission, drinking, sailor
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