Das Boot

Name: Das Boot
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Genre: War, Drama, Action, Adventure
Released: 1981
Duration: 2 h 22 min
Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge

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War
Drama

1981
Wolfgang Petersen
142 mins
12

Summary

Second World War action drama, starring Jürgen Prochnow, portraying the experiences of a German U-boat crew on a mission that subjects them to the pressures of intense battle as well as demoralising periods of inactivity.

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Review

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

David Parkinson

This sprawling U-boat epic is based on actual incidents during the 1941 battle for the North Atlantic. Submarine warfare offers film-makers little in the way of variation, and the action inevitably alternates between tense periods of silent stalking and frantic moments of engagement (brilliantly captured by Jost Vacano's darting camera). Director Wolfgang Petersen adopts an understandably anti-Nazi tone and depicts the crew as courageous conscripts serving a cause to which they are not wholeheartedly committed. However, his preoccupation with the terrors of their claustrophobic existence means that, apart from steely captain Jürgen Prochnow, few of the characters come alive.

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8.3/10

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rolenameCaptainJürgen ProchnowLieutenant Werner / CorrespondentHerbert GrönemeyerChief EngineerKlaus WennemannFirst Lieutenant / Number OneHubertus BengschSecond LieutenantMartin SemmelroggeChief QuartermasterBernd TauberJohannErwin LederUllmannMartin MayHinrichHeinz HönigChief BosunU A OchsenArioClaude-Oliver Rudolph