Das Boot
1981, Film, 149 min, Drama, War, German, 0, MoviePedia score 84
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
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.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Cast
- Jürgen Prochnow as Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock - Der Alte
- Herbert Grönemeyer as Lt. Werner - Correspondent
- Klaus Wennemann as Chief Engineer Fritz Grade - Der Leitende-Der LI
- Hubertus Bengsch as 1st Lieutenant - Number One-1WO
- Martin Semmelrogge as 2nd Lieutenant - 2WO
- Bernd Tauber as Kriechbaum - Chief Quartermaster-Navigator
- Erwin Leder as Johann
- Martin May as Ullman
- Heinz Hoenig as Hinrich
- Uwe Ochsenknecht as Chief Bosun
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