Das Boot

On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.

Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen

8.1 2495

2h 30m 9/17/81

DramaHistoryWar

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.

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow

Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

Herbert Grönemeyer

Lieutenant Werner

Klaus Wennemann

Hubertus Bengsch

First Watch Officer

Martin Semmelrogge

Second Watch Officer

Johann 'Das Gespenst'

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Joachim Bernhard

Oliver Stritzel

Phillip Thomsen

Günter Lamprecht

Thomas Boxhammer

Günther Franke

Weser First Officer

Christian Bendomir

Norbert Gronwald

Jean-Claude Hoffmann

Christian Seipolt

Helmut Neumeier

Ferdinand Schaal

Wilhelm Pietsch

Weser Officer (uncredited)

Ulrich Günther

Merkel (uncredited)

Nadine (uncredited)

Günter Spörrle

Seewald (uncredited)