Overview
Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.
Cast
- Jürgen Prochnow as Der Alte
- Herbert Grönemeyer as Leutnant Werner
- Klaus Wennemann as Leitender Ingenieur
- Hubertus Bengsch as Erster Wachoffizier
- Martin Semmelrogge as Zweiter Wachoffizier
- Bernd Tauber as Obersteuermann
- Erwin Leder as Obermaschinist Johann
- Martin May as Fähnrich Ullmann
- Uwe Ochsenknecht as Bootsmann Lamprecht
- Claude-Oliver Rudolph as Dieselheizer Ario