Das Boot
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
8.1(2,565) 1981-09-17 150 minDramaHistoryWar
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.
ScreenplayDean Riesner
Original Music ComposerKlaus Doldinger
ProducerGünter Rohrbach
ProducerOrtwin Freyermuth
ScreenplayWolfgang Petersen
DirectorWolfgang Petersen
ProducerMichael Bittins
Cast & characters
Jürgen Prochnow
as Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer
as Lieutenant Werner
Klaus Wennemann
as Chief Engineer
Hubertus Bengsch
as First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
as Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber
as Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder
as Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May
as Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig
as Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht
as Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
as Ario
Jan Fedder
as Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac
as Monique
Ralf Richter
as Frenssen
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Joachim Bernhard
as Preacher
Oliver Stritzel
as Schwalle
Konrad Becker
as Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell
as Dufte
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Martin Hemme
as Brückenwilli
Otto Sander
as Phillip Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht
as Weser Captain
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Thomas Boxhammer
as —
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Roger Barth
as —
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Günther Franke
as Weser First Officer
