Das Boot (1985)


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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Der Alte Jürgen Prochnow
- Leutnant Werner Herbert Grönemeyer
- Leitender Ingenieur Klaus Wennemann
- Erster Wachoffizier Hubertus Bengsch
- Zweiter Wachoffizier Martin Semmelrogge
- Obersteuermann Bernd Tauber
- Obermaschinist Johann Erwin Leder
- Fähnrich Ullmann Martin May

Miniseries
1985
6 episodes
Season 1 of Das Boot premiered on February 24, 1985
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Keywords
- world war ii