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
- 14776: Dean Riesner - Screenplay - Writing
- 5240: Klaus Doldinger - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 5238: Günter Rohrbach - Producer - Production
- 5243: Willy Schlenter - Casting - Production
- 5236: Lothar-Günther Buchheim - Novel - Writing
- 985769: Ortwin Freyermuth - Producer - Production
- 62585: John W. Hyde - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
Wuchak
Review text:
_**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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In many ways, this reminded me of "Aces High" (1976). An example of young, barely pubescent, men sent to a war that would test their mettle to the extreme as they lived each day, perilously, as it came. This time, these young men are encased in a few hundred tons of creaking metal su ....
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