On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
Das Boot
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Synopsis
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
- Written by
- Dean Riesner, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Wolfgang Petersen
Cast
Jürgen Prochnow
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
Oliver Stritzel
Schwalle
Details
- Released
- September 17, 1981
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- DE
- Country
- Germany
- Budget
- $14,000,000
- Box office
- $85,000,000
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