Das Boot
1985, Series, 98 min, Drama, War, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 84
When the hunters become the hunted.
Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Cast
- Jürgen Prochnow as Der Alte
- Herbert Grönemeyer as Leutnant Werner
- Klaus Wennemann as Leitender Ingenieur (LI)
- Hubertus Bengsch as Erster Wachoffizier (I WO)
- Martin Semmelrogge as Zweiter Wachoffizier (II WO)
- Bernd Tauber as Obersteuermann
- Erwin Leder as Johann, das Gespenst
- Martin May as Ullmann
- Heinz Hoenig as Hinrich
- Uwe Ochsenknecht as Bootsmann
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