Project Author: Hakura
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Radiant Film GmbH, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Bavaria Film, Twin Bros. Productions, Columbia Pictures, WDR, PSO
Das Boot
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
Genre:
Drama, History, War
Runtime:
150
Released:
1981
Rating:
8.1
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Wolfgang Petersen, Dean Riesner
FILM OVERVIEW
Das Boot
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.
DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Petersen
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Wolfgang Petersen (Director)
Lothar-Günther Buchheim (Novel)
Wolfgang Petersen (Screenplay)
Dean Riesner (Screenplay)
Günter Rohrbach (Producer)
Michael Bittins (Producer)
Klaus Doldinger (Original Music Composer)
Jost Vacano (Director of Photography)
Hannes Nikel (Editor)
Willy Schlenter (Casting)
CAST MEMBERS
Jürgen Prochnow
Herbert Grönemeyer
Klaus Wennemann
Hubertus Bengsch
Martin Semmelrogge
Bernd Tauber
Erwin Leder
Martin May
Heinz Hoenig
Uwe Ochsenknecht
MORE PRODUCTION
Götz Weidner (Art Direction), Monika Bauert (Costume Design), Ortwin Freyermuth (Producer), Mark Damon Johnson (Executive Producer), John W. Hyde (Executive Producer), Edward R. Pressman (Executive Producer), Alfred Rasche (Makeup Artist), Ago von Sperl (Makeup Artist), Rüdiger von Sperl (Makeup Artist), Walter E. Richarz (Assistant Art Director), Philipp von Seil (Assistant Art Director), Peter Horrocks (Sound Effects Editor), Hans-Walter Kramski (Foley), Mel Kutbay (Foley), Karola Storr (Sound Effects Editor), Alan Willis (Music Editor), Isabel Prochnow (Script Supervisor), Michael Bittins (Production Manager), Friedrich Thaler (Scenic Artist), Karl-Heinz Vogelmann (Still Photographer), Karsten Ullrich (Sound Recordist), Albrecht von Bethmann (Sound Recordist), Heinz Schürer (Sound Recordist), Werner Böhm (Sound Recordist), William H. Brown (Post Production Supervisor), Stanislav Litera (Sound Recordist), Mike Rutter (Assistant Camera), Lutz Hengst (Production Executive), Ernst Wild (Additional Photography), Georg Borgel (First Assistant Director), Mike Le Mare (Sound Editor), Milan Bor (Sound Mixer), Trevor Pyke (Sound Mixer), Rolf Zehetbauer (Production Design), Marie-Antoinette Petersen (Second Assistant Director), Hannes Nikel (Second Unit Director), Philippe Dussart (Production Manager), Monika Moritz (Property Master), Rüdiger Wagner (Property Master), Peter Dürst (Property Master), Karl Baumgartner (Special Effects Supervisor), Karl-Heinz Bochnig (Special Effects), Max Gretmann (Special Effects), Franz Kirschke (Special Effects), Ludwig Sauermann (Key Grip), Rudi Denk (Electrician), Iko Dimitri (Electrician), Franz Schlammer (Electrician), Willi Zopf (Electrician), Isabel Goslar (Continuity), Willi Neuner (Special Effects), Caroline Perchaud (Production Secretary), Ingrid von Anka (Production Secretary)
MORE CAST
Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Jan Fedder, Rita Cadillac, Ralf Richter, Joachim Bernhard, Oliver Stritzel, Konrad Becker, Lutz Schnell, Martin Hemme, Otto Sander, Günter Lamprecht, Thomas Boxhammer, Roger Barth, Günther Franke, Christian Bendomir, Norbert Gronwald, Albert Kraml, Jean-Claude Hoffmann, Peter Pathenis, Arno Kral, Christian Seipolt, Helmut Neumeier, Ferdinand Schaal, Wilhelm Pietsch, Rolf Weber, Dirk Salomon, Lothar Zajicek, Sky du Mont, Ulrich Günther, Edwige Pierre, Maryline Moulard, Günter Spörrle
