Boot (Das)
- Director: Wolfgang Petersen
- Writer: Lothar G. Buchheim; Wolfgang Petersen
- Producer: Michael Bittins; Mark Damon
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A masterpiece.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so-called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy British shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers and attempted to accomplish impossible missions, all the while attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served.
Cast & Characters
Jurgen Prochnow as Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock - Der Alte;
Herbert Gronemeyer as Lt. Werner - Correspondent;
Klaus Wennemann as Chief Engineer Fritz Grade - Der Leitende-Der LI;
Hubertus Bengsch as 1st Lieutenant - Number One-1WO;
Martin Semmelrogge as 2nd Lieutenant - 2WO;
Bernd Tauber as Kriechbaum - Chief Quartermaster-Navigator;
Erwin Leder as Johann;
Martin May as Ullman; Heinz Hoenig as Hinrich;
Uwe Ochsenknecht as Chief Bosun;
Claude-Oliver Rudolph as Ario;
Jan Fedder as Pilgrim;
Ralf Richter as Frenssen;
Joachim Bernhard as Preacher;
Oliver Stritzel as Schwalle