Das Boot
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
DramaHistoryWarbased on novel or booksubmarinewar correspondentatlantic oceangibraltarworld war iidutysuicide missiondrinkingsailorconvoydestroyer
A claustrophobic, tension-soaked portrait of men trapped in a steel tube, forced to confront mortality, duty, and the futility of war.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Jürgen Prochnow
Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer
Leutnant Werner
Klaus Wennemann
Chef Ingenieur
Hubertus Bengsch
First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber
Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder
Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May
Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig
Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Ario
Jan Fedder
Pilgrim
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