Das Boot
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
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.
- Year: 1981
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Drama, History, War
- Studio: Radiant Film GmbH, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Bavaria Film, Twin Bros. Productions, Columbia Pictures, WDR, PSO
- Keyword: based on novel or book, submarine, war correspondent, atlantic ocean, gibraltar, world war ii, duty, suicide mission, drinking, sailor, convoy, destroyer, naval warfare, naval battle, battle of the atlantic
- Director: Wolfgang Petersen
- Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber