Das Boot (1981)

R09/17/1981Drama, History, War2h 30m
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On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Jürgen Prochnow

    Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'

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    Herbert Grönemeyer

    Lieutenant Werner

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    Klaus Wennemann

    Chief Engineer

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    Hubertus Bengsch

    First Watch Officer

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    Martin Semmelrogge

    Second Watch Officer

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    Bernd Tauber

    Kriechbaum

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    Erwin Leder

    Johann 'Das Gespenst'

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    Martin May

    Ullmann

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    Heinz Hoenig

    Hinrich

In many ways, this reminded me of "Aces High" (1976). An example of young, barely pubescent, men sent to a war that would test their mettle to the extreme as they lived each day, perilously, as it came. This time, these young men are encased in a few hundred tons of creaking metal submarine and are tasked with harrying the Allied convoys travelling to and from the UK as World War II continued. The crew are led by an unorthodox captain (Jürgen Prochnow) and with the combination of underwater claustrophobia and paranoia now coupled with far more effective protection tactics from their enemy, the...