Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story (2021)

7.2/10 54 min Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

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.

Cast

Ulrike Knospe

Self - Narrator (voice)

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Self

Günter Rohrbach

Self - Das Boot Producer

Rolf Zehetbauer

Self - Das Boot Production Designer

Herbert Grönemeyer

Self

Wolfgang Petersen

Self - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director

Otto Sander

Self

Martin Semmelrogge

Self - Das Boot Actor

Ralf Richter

Self - Das Boot Actor

Erwin Leder

Self - Das Boot Actor

Jürgen Prochnow

Self - Das Boot Actor

Jan Fedder

Self - Das Boot Actor

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