Das Boot
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
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- Drama
- War
- History
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.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- convoy
- world war ii
- suicide mission
- sailor
- submarine
- war correspondent
- atlantic ocean
- naval warfare
- drinking
- duty
- naval battle
- gibraltar
- destroyer
- battle of the atlantic
- confined spaces
- german u-boat fleet
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 17, 1981
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German, English, French
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Columbia Pictures,PSO,WDR,Bavaria Film,Radiant Film GmbH,Süddeutscher Rundfunk,Twin Bros. Productions,Radiant Film
- Cast
- Jürgen Prochnow,Herbert Grönemeyer,Klaus Wennemann,Hubertus Bengsch,Martin Semmelrogge,Bernd Tauber,Erwin Leder,Martin May,Heinz Hoenig,Uwe Ochsenknechtand 31 more
- Director
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Producer
- Günter Rohrbach,Ortwin Freyermuth,John W. Hyde,Edward R. Pressman,Mark Damon Johnson,Michael Bittins
- Cinematography
- Jost Vacano
- Music
- Klaus Doldinger
- Budget
- $14,000,000
- Revenue
- $85,000,000
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0082096