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.| Status: | Released (1981-09-17) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 6 Oscars. 13 wins & 12 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $11,487,676 |
| Screen: | Wolfgang Petersen, Lothar G. Buchheim |
| Productions: | Radiant Film GmbH, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Bavaria Film, Twin Bros. Productions, Columbia Pictures, WDR, PSO |
| Production Countries: | Germany |
| Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, English, Français |
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Casts
- 920: Jürgen Prochnow - Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
- 5228: Herbert Grönemeyer - Lieutenant Werner
- 5229: Klaus Wennemann - Chief Engineer
- 5230: Hubertus Bengsch - First Watch Officer
- 4924: Martin Semmelrogge - Second Watch Officer
- 2349: Bernd Tauber - Kriechbaum
- 3970: Erwin Leder - Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Crews
- 5231: Wolfgang Petersen - Director - Directing
- 5236: Lothar-Günther Buchheim - Novel - Writing
- 5231: Wolfgang Petersen - Screenplay - Writing
- 14776: Dean Riesner - Screenplay - Writing
- 5238: Günter Rohrbach - Producer - Production
- 5239: Michael Bittins - Producer - Production
- 5240: Klaus Doldinger - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
Wuchak
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_**Life on a German U-boat**_ During WW2, the German submarine U-96 (with Jürgen Prochnow as the captain) leaves the French harbor of La Rochelle for war adventures & misfortunes in the North Atlantic when they’re eventually commissioned to go through the Strait of Gibraltar. The ....
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"Das Boot" stands out as a masterful epic of war cinema, not just for its thrilling combat sequences but for its in-depth look at the human element of warfare. Wolfgang Petersen's direction brings to life the claustrophobic world of a German U-boat, filled with men who are far more t ....
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