Watch NowDas Boot (1981)
15
23/01/1998 (GB)
Drama, History, War
2h 30m
- 81% (2303 votes)
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On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
Overview
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.
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector, Screenplay
- Dean RiesnerScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
$14,000,000
Revenue
$85,000,000
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- submarine
- war correspondent
- atlantic ocean
- gibraltar
- world war ii
- duty
- suicide mission
- drinking
- sailor
- convoy
- destroyer
- naval warfare
- naval battle
- battle of the atlantic
- german u-boat fleet
- confined spaces
Top Billed 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
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