Story
Full overview
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.
People
Cast
Jürgen ProchnowDer Alte
Herbert GrönemeyerLeutnant Werner
Klaus WennemannLeitender Ingenieur
Hubertus BengschErster Wachoffizier
Martin SemmelroggeZweiter Wachoffizier
Bernd TauberObersteuermann
Erwin LederObermaschinist Johann
Martin MayFähnrich Ullmann
Uwe OchsenknechtBootsmann Lamprecht
Claude-Oliver RudolphDieselheizer Ario
Jan FedderBootsmaat Pilgrim
Heinz HoenigFunkmaat Hinrich
Ralf RichterFrenssenProduction
Key crew
Edward R. PressmanExecutive Producer
John W. HydeExecutive Producer
Wolfgang PetersenDirector
Mark Damon JohnsonExecutive Producer