Das Boot
“On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.”
Director
Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay
Wolfgang Petersen, Dean Riesner
Wolfgang Petersen's claustrophobic war epic follows the crew of a German U-boat during the Battle of the Atlantic, trapped in a steel tube where courage curdles into exhaustion and terror. Jürgen Prochnow anchors the film as the world-weary captain steering young sailors through depth-charge attacks and crushing pressure at the ocean floor. Shot almost entirely within the submarine's cramped corridors, the film strips away nationalist glory to depict war as a grinding, sweaty struggle for survival. Widely regarded as one of the greatest war films ever made, it remains a benchmark for tension and technical craft.
Release
Sep 17, 1981
Budget
$14M
Country
Germany
Revenue
$85M
Cast
Jürgen Prochnow
Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer
Leutnant Werner
Klaus Wennemann
Chef Ingenieur
Hubertus Bengsch
First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber
Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder
Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May
Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig
Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Ario
Jan Fedder
Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac
Monique
Ralf Richter
Frenssen
Oliver Stritzel
Schwalle
Konrad Becker
Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell
Dufte
Otto Sander
Phillip Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht
Weser Captain
Sky du Mont
Weser Officer (uncredited)
Ulrich Günther
Merkel (uncredited)
Günter Spörrle
Seewald (uncredited)
Reviews
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From the same director: Wolfgang Petersen
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