Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-Boats known as `The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic, they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew aboard the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle, coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy.
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
Written by
Lothar G. Buchheim (novel); Wolfgang Petersen; Dean Riesner (uncredited).
Starring
Jürgen Prochnow (Der Alte / Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock); Herbert Grönemeyer (Lt. Werner / Correspondent); Klaus Wennemann (Der Leitende / Der LI / Chief Engineer / Fritz Grade); Hubertus Bengsch (1st Lieutenant / Number One / 1WO); Martin Semmelrogge (2nd Lieutenant / 2WO); Bernd Tauber (Kriechbaum / Chief Quartermaster / Navigator); Erwin Leder (Johann); Martin May (Ullman); Heinz Hoenig (Hinrich); Uwe Ochsenknecht (Chief Bosun); Claude-Oliver Rudolph (Ario); Jan Fedder (Pilgrim); Ralf Richter (Frenssen); Joachim Bernhard (Preacher); Oliver Stritzel (Schwalle). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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