Social Entertainment / TV
Das Boot
When the hunters become the hunted.
Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.
Seasons
- Miniseries — 6 episodes (February 24, 1985)
Cast
- Jürgen Prochnow as Der Alte
- Herbert Grönemeyer as Leutnant Werner
- Klaus Wennemann as Leitender Ingenieur
- Hubertus Bengsch as Erster Wachoffizier
- Martin Semmelrogge as Zweiter Wachoffizier
- Bernd Tauber as Obersteuermann
- Erwin Leder as Obermaschinist Johann
- Martin May as Fähnrich Ullmann
- Uwe Ochsenknecht as Bootsmann Lamprecht
- Claude-Oliver Rudolph as Dieselheizer Ario
- Jan Fedder as Bootsmaat Pilgrim
- Heinz Hoenig as Funkmaat Hinrich
Details
- Created by
- Wolfgang Petersen
- First aired
- February 24, 1985
- Episodes
- 6
- Genres
- Drama, War & Politics
- Network
- Das Erste
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 8.6 / 10 from 174 votes
Rate Das Boot out of five, keep it on your watch list, and read what other people are saying — including episode by episode.
Open in Social Entertainment