Das Boot
“On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.”
Cast
Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer 
Klaus Wennemann Hubertus Bengsch Martin Semmelrogge 
Bernd Tauber
Credits
Written by: 
Wolfgang Petersen
Plot
In 1941, a German U-boat leaves port at La Rochelle for a patrol in the Atlantic, with a young war correspondent on board. The film shows the boredom, the claustrophobia, the fear of depth-charge attacks and the exhaustion of the crew, under a worn-out, humane Captain. Based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel, with Jürgen Prochnow.
Sinekatalog’s take
One of the greatest war films, shot almost entirely inside a real-feeling submarine set with a hand-held camera that follows the crew down the narrow corridors. It is humane and anti-war without having to say so.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.3 / 10 (291,103 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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