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Das Boot

Powerful tale of submarine warfare following the perilous 1941 voyage of a German U-boat, starring Jurgen Prochnow and Herbert Gronemeyer.

Powerful tale of submarine warfare based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, restored to the original director's cut. One of Germany's most expensive films, it follows the perilous voyage of a German U-boat from occupied France to Spain and back in 1941. The fear and claustrophobia involved in life beneath the sea is well recreated, and the sentiment is decidedly anti-Nazi.

3 hours, 45 minutes

Last on

Sun 3 May 200900:10
BBC Two except Yorkshire

Credits

Capt Lt Henrich Lehmann-WillenbrockJurgen Prochnow
Lieutenant WernerHerbert Gronemeyer
Chief BosunUwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Engineer Fritz GradeKlaus Wennemann
1st LieutenantHubertus Bengsch
2nd LieutenantMartin Semmelrogge
KriechbaumBernd Tauber
UllmanMartin May
JohannErwin Leder
ArioClaude-Oliver Rudolph
PreacherJoachim Bernhard
PilgrimJan Fedder
FrenssenRalph Richter
HinrichHeinz Honig
DirectorWolfgang Petersen
WriterWolfgang Petersen
AuthorLothar G Buchheim
ProducerOrtwin Freyermuth
ProducerGunter Rohrbach
ComposerKlaus Doldinger
Director of photographyJost Vacano

Broadcasts

  • Sat 22 Mar 200823:00
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire
  • Sun 3 May 200900:10
    BBC Two except East & Yorkshire