Story Line
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.
“On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
8.1/ 10
Release Date
1981-09-17
Runtime
2h 30m
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
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User Reviews (3)
Wuchak
7/10
•9/17/2020_**Life on a German U-boat**_
During WW2, the German submarine U-96 (with Jürgen Prochnow as the captain) leaves the French harbor of La Rochelle for war adventures & misfortunes in the North Atlantic when they’re eventually commissioned to go thr...
janeyee
10/10
•12/25/2023"Das Boot" stands out as a masterful epic of war cinema, not just for its thrilling combat sequences but for its in-depth look at the human element of warfare. Wolfgang Petersen's direction brings to life the claustrophobic world of a German U-boat, ...
CinemaSerf
8/10
•10/25/2024In many ways, this reminded me of "Aces High" (1976). An example of young, barely pubescent, men sent to a war that would test their mettle to the extreme as they lived each day, perilously, as it came. This time, these young men are encased in a few...