Why it may be worth watching
- Das Boot combines Drama and War & Politics storytelling.
- The principal cast includes Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann.
- Viewers currently rate it 8.6/10 from 174 votes.
TV series
Das Boot
When the hunters become the hunted.
Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.
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Jürgen ProchnowDer Alte
Herbert GrönemeyerLeutnant Werner
Klaus WennemannLeitender Ingenieur
Hubertus BengschErster Wachoffizier
Martin SemmelroggeZweiter Wachoffizier
Bernd TauberObersteuermann
Erwin LederObermaschinist Johann
Martin MayFähnrich Ullmann
Uwe OchsenknechtBootsmann Lamprecht
Claude-Oliver RudolphDieselheizer Ario
Jan FedderBootsmaat Pilgrim
Heinz HoenigFunkmaat Hinrich
Ralf RichterFrenssen
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Best suited to viewers looking for Drama, War & Politics. The available catalogue spans 1 season.
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submarineworld war iiminiseries
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