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Das Boot

Turkish title: U-Bot: Denizaltı

“On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.”

1981 · 2 h 29 min
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
DramaWar

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.