---
title: 'Das Boot (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Petersen'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 149
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'West Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/das-boot-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082096/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Das Boot (1981)

1981 · R · 149 min · Drama, War, History · West Germany


## Synopsis

Das Boot is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. An adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's 1973 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, the film is set during World War II and follows the German submarine U-96 and her crew, as they set out on a hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. It depicts both the excitement of battle and the tedium of the fruitless hunt, and shows the men serving aboard U-boats as ordinary individuals with a desire to do their best for their comrades and their country.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-petersen)
- **Screenplay:** [Wolfgang Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-petersen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Klaus Doldinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-doldinger)
- **Producer:** [Günter Rohrbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunter-rohrbach)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jost Vacano](https://cinepixo.com/people/jost-vacano)
- **Editor:** [Hannes Nikel](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-nikel)

## Cast

- [Hubertus Bengsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/hubertus-bengsch) as 1st Watch Officer
- [Martin May](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-may) as Fähnrich Ullmann
- [Ralf Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralf-richter) as Maat Frenssen
- [Jürgen Prochnow](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-prochnow) as Kapitänleutnant
- [Bernd Tauber](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-tauber) as Obersteuermann Kriechbaum
- [Joachim Bernhard](https://cinepixo.com/people/joachim-bernhard) as Bibelforscher
- [Klaus Wennemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-wennemann) as Chief Engineer
- [Oliver Stritzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-stritzel) as Schwalle
- [Rita Cadillac](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-cadillac)
- [Claude-Oliver Rudolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-oliver-rudolph) as Ario
- [Uwe Ochsenknecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/uwe-ochsenknecht) as Bootsmann Lamprecht
- [Martin Semmelrogge](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-semmelrogge) as 2nd Watch Officer
- [Jan Fedder](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-fedder) as Maat Pilgrim
- [Herbert Grönemeyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-gronemeyer) as Leutnant Werner
- [Otto Sander](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-sander) as Kapitänleutnant Philipp Thomsen

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