Released
Das Boot
September 17 1981 (over 43 years ago)Rating
81
Based on
2216 reviews
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
- Director: Wolfgang Petersen
- Writers: Dean Riesner, Wolfgang Petersen
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Runtime: 2 h 30 m
- Budget: $14,000,000
- Box office: $85,000,000
- Country: Germany
- Companies: Radiant Film GmbH, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Bavaria Film, Twin Bros. Productions, Columbia Pictures, WDR, PSO
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
