Das Boot is a West German war film from 1981 , directed by Wolfgang Petersen . The scenario is based on the novel from 1973 by the German author Lothar-Günther Buchheim .
Story [ edit ][]
In 1941 some drunk German soldiers in a brothel in La Rochelle in France . The next day they board the submarine U 96 to spend. enemy ships sunk During the trip to theAtlantic takes the boredom. When the enemy finally comes into view, which strikes fear into boredom.
Cast [ edit ][]
- Jürgen Prochnow : Captain-Lieutenant Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
- Herbert Grönemeyer : Lieutenant Werner
- Klaus Wennemann : Chief Engineer Fritz Grade
- Hubertus Bengsch : First Lieutenant
- Martin Semmelrogge : Second Lieutenant
- Bernd Tauber : Kriechbaum
- Erwin Leder : Johann
- Martin May : Ullmann
- Heinz Hoenig : Hinrich
- Uwe Ochsenknecht : Lamprecht
- Claude-Oliver Rudolph : Ario
- Jan Fedder : Pilgrim
- Ralf Richter : Frenssen
- Joachim Bernhard : Pastor
- Oliver Stritzel : Schwalle