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Das Boot - Miniseries

"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.

Top Cast

  • Jürgen Prochnow

    Jürgen Prochnow

    Der Alte

  • Herbert Grönemeyer

    Herbert Grönemeyer

    Leutnant Werner

  • Klaus Wennemann

    Klaus Wennemann

    Leitender Ingenieur

  • Hubertus Bengsch

    Hubertus Bengsch

    Erster Wachoffizier

  • Martin Semmelrogge

    Martin Semmelrogge

    Zweiter Wachoffizier

  • Bernd Tauber

    Bernd Tauber

    Obersteuermann

  • Erwin Leder

    Erwin Leder

    Obermaschinist Johann

  • Martin May

    Martin May

    Fähnrich Ullmann

  • Uwe Ochsenknecht

    Uwe Ochsenknecht

    Bootsmann Lamprecht

Overview

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.

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