Das Boot

Name: Das Boot
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Released: 1981-09-17T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 8.1

1981 · TMDB 8.1

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen

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.

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Wolfgang Petersen's harrowing U-boat epic follows a German crew on patrol, where the real enemy is not the Allies but the claustrophobia, boredom, and terror of the deep.

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Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann Hubertus Bengsch Martin Semmelrogge Bernd Tauber Erwin Leder Martin May Heinz Hoenig Uwe Ochsenknecht Claude-Oliver Rudolph Jan Fedder

Director · Wolfgang Petersen Producer · Günter Rohrbach Producer · Michael Bittins Producer · Ortwin Freyermuth Writer · Wolfgang Petersen Writer · Dean Riesner Cinematography · Jost Vacano Composer · Klaus Doldinger Editor · Hannes Nikel

Runtime: 150 min
Released: 1981-09-17
Studio: Radiant Film
Country: Germany
Language: German
TMDB score: 8.1

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Wolfgang Petersen's harrowing U-boat epic follows a German crew on patrol, where the real enemy is not the Allies but the claustrophobia, boredom, and terror of the deep.