Title

Das Boot

Cast

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Jan Fedder, Ralf Richter, Heinz Hoenig, Martin Hemme, Lutz Schnell, Oliver Stritzel, Otto Sander, Rita Cadillac, Edwige Pierre, Joachim Bernhard, Günter Lamprecht, Martin May, Uwe Ochsenknecht, U.A. Ochsen

Director

Cinematographer

Editor

Language

German, English, French

Video

1080p 23.976 fps 1.85:1

Audio

DTS-HD MA 5.1 24 bits 48 kHz 2553 kbps

Dubbed Audio

English, French

Subtitles

English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish

Disc

BD50 48.67 GB Region A, B, C

Tags

Action, Drama, History, War

In the midst of World War II, as the tide turns against the Axis, a German U-boat crew is sent out to patrol the Atlantic and fire at Allied ships bringing supplies to England. The submarine also carries a press correspondent, there to report from the front lines of nautical warfare. Meanwhile, the crew's captain (Jürgen Prochnow) is becoming disillusioned with the Nazi regime and with war in general. What starts out as a routine mission is soon livened up beyond the crew's expectations when their boat's surprise attack on a convoy is thwarted by a fast-moving destroyer. Battered by depth charges, the crew must pull together to survive the attacks of their unseen enemy. Widely considered to be director Wolfgang Petersen's best film and one of the finest German films ever made, Das Boot is stunningly realistic in its portrayal of the cramped conditions aboard a German submarine. Based on a novel by Lothar G. Buchheim, it is a striking example of an intelligent antiwar film clothed in the guise of a military thriller.