Das Boot
"On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors."
DramaHistoryWar
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.
🎬 DirectorWolfgang Petersen
📅 Release1981-09-17
🌍 CountryGermany
🗣 LanguageGerman, English, French
🏢 StudioRadiant Film, Bavaria Film
🗳 Votes2,479
🔥 Popularity6
💰 Budget$14,000,000
💵 Revenue$85,000,000
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🎭 Cast
Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer
Lieutenant Werner
Klaus Wennemann
Chief Engineer
Hubertus Bengsch
First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber
Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder
Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May
Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig
Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Ario
Jan Fedder
Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac
Monique
Ralf Richter
Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard
Preacher
🎥 Crew
Novel
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Producer
Günter Rohrbach
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Producer
Michael Bittins
Costume Design
Monika Bauert
Screenplay
Wolfgang Petersen
Executive Producer
Mark Damon Johnson
Original Music Composer
Klaus Doldinger
Art Direction
Götz Weidner
Director of Photography
Jost Vacano
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🏷 Keywords
based on novel or booksubmarinewar correspondentatlantic oceangibraltarworld war iidutysuicide missiondrinkingsailorconvoydestroyer
💬 Reviews
_**Life on a German U-boat**_ During WW2, the German submarine U-96 (with Jürgen Prochnow as the captain) leaves the French harbor of La Rochelle for war adventures & misfortunes in the North Atlantic when they’re eventually commissioned to go through the Strait of Gibraltar. The men experience the challenging claustrophobic life of serving on a U-boat with its highs and lows. Who will make …
"Das Boot" stands out as a masterful epic of war cinema, not just for its thrilling combat sequences but for its in-depth look at the human element of warfare. Wolfgang Petersen's direction brings to life the claustrophobic world of a German U-boat, filled with men who are far more than the enemy caricatures often depicted in war films. Jurgen Prochnow's performance as the Captain is especially no…
In many ways, this reminded me of "Aces High" (1976). An example of young, barely pubescent, men sent to a war that would test their mettle to the extreme as they lived each day, perilously, as it came. This time, these young men are encased in a few hundred tons of creaking metal submarine and are tasked with harrying the Allied convoys travelling to and from the UK as World War II continued. The…
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