
Das Boot (1981)
8.1|17 Sept, 1981|150 min
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
8.1|17 Sept, 1981|150 min
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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.
Language
Budget$14,000,000
Revenue $85,000,000
Deutsch,
English,
Français
Budget$14,000,000
Revenue $85,000,000
Keywords
based on novel or book
submarine
war correspondent
atlantic ocean
gibraltar
world war ii
duty
suicide mission
drinking
sailor
convoy
destroyer
naval warfare
naval battle
battle of the atlantic
german u-boat fleet
confined spaces
Casts

Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

Herbert Grönemeyer
Lieutenant Werner

Klaus Wennemann
Chief Engineer

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
Joachim Bernhard
Preacher

Oliver Stritzel
Schwalle
Konrad Becker
Bockstiegel

Lutz Schnell
Dufte
Martin Hemme
Brückenwilli

Otto Sander
Phillip Thomsen

Günter Lamprecht
Weser Captain
Thomas Boxhammer
Roger Barth
Günther Franke
Weser First Officer
Christian Bendomir
Norbert Gronwald
Albert Kraml
Jean-Claude Hoffmann
Benjamin
Peter Pathenis
Arno Kral
Hagen
Christian Seipolt
Helmut Neumeier
Schmutt
Ferdinand Schaal
Wilhelm Pietsch
Franz
Rolf Weber
Dirk Salomon
Markus
Lothar Zajicek

Sky du Mont
Weser Officer (uncredited)

Ulrich Günther
Merkel (uncredited)

Edwige Pierre
Nadine (uncredited)
Maryline Moulard
Françoise (uncredited)

Günter Spörrle
Seewald (uncredited)
Crews

Dean Riesner
Screenplay

Klaus Doldinger
Original Music Composer

Günter Rohrbach
Producer
Willy Schlenter
Casting

Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Novel
Ortwin Freyermuth
Producer
John W. Hyde
Executive Producer

Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay

Edward R. Pressman
Executive Producer

Jost Vacano
Director of Photography
Hannes Nikel
Editor

Mark Damon Johnson
Executive Producer

Wolfgang Petersen
Director
Michael Bittins
Producer
Götz Weidner
Art Direction
Monika Bauert
Costume Design
Hans-Walter Kramski
Foley
Philipp von Seil
Assistant Art Director
Alan Willis
Music Editor
Isabel Prochnow
Script Supervisor
Rüdiger von Sperl
Makeup Artist
Walter E. Richarz
Assistant Art Director
Peter Horrocks
Sound Effects Editor
Alfred Rasche
Makeup Artist
Mel Kutbay
Foley
Ago von Sperl
Makeup Artist
Karola Storr
Sound Effects Editor
Karsten Ullrich
Sound Recordist
Werner Böhm
Sound Recordist
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Friedrich Thaler
Scenic Artist
Albrecht von Bethmann
Sound Recordist
Heinz Schürer
Sound Recordist
Michael Bittins
Production Manager
William H. Brown
Post Production Supervisor
Stanislav Litera
Sound Recordist
Mike Rutter
Assistant Camera
Ernst Wild
Additional Photography
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
Mike Le Mare
Sound Editor
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Georg Borgel
First Assistant Director
Trevor Pyke
Sound Mixer

Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Willi Zopf
Electrician
Ingrid von Anka
Production Secretary
Peter Dürst
Property Master
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
Special Effects
Franz Schlammer
Electrician
Marie-Antoinette Petersen
Second Assistant Director
Philippe Dussart
Production Manager
Willi Neuner
Special Effects
Rudi Denk
Electrician
Caroline Perchaud
Production Secretary
Rüdiger Wagner
Property Master
Ludwig Sauermann
Key Grip
Max Gretmann
Special Effects
Franz Kirschke
Special Effects
Isabel Goslar
Continuity
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects Supervisor
Monika Moritz
Property Master
Hannes Nikel
Second Unit Director
Iko Dimitri
Electrician
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