Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

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It runs a compact 54m.

Synopsis

In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Millions of viewers worldwide make Das Boot the most internationally successful German film of all time. But due to disputes over the script, accidents on the set, and voices accusing the makers of glorifying the war, the project was many times on the verge of being cancelled.

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Key crew

• Sven FermelingWriter
• Georg GrillWriter
• Sven FermelingDirector
• Georg GrillDirector

Cast

• Ulrike KnospeSelf - Narrator (voice)
• Claude-Oliver RudolphSelf
• Monika BauertSelf - Das Boot Costume Designer
• Herrmann FriedrichSelf - U-96 Crew Member
• Hans-Joachim KrugSelf - Military Advisor
• Günter RohrbachSelf - Das Boot Producer
• Rolf ZehetbauerSelf - Das Boot Production Designer
• Herbert GrönemeyerSelf
• Wolfgang PetersenSelf - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
• Otto SanderSelf
• Götz WeidnerSelf - Das Boot Art Director
• Jan-Michael BrandtSelf - Das Boot Production Assistant

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