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7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 208 Ratings

Das Boot

Triumph Releasing Corporation | Release Date: February 10, 1982

Summary: It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. Das Boot is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers, attempted to accomplish impossible missions, while all the time attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served. (Sony Pictures)

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Runtime:	149 min
Rating:	Rated R for some war violence and brief language. (director's cut)
Production:	Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Genres:	Action, Drama, History, War
Country:	West Germany
Languages:	English, German, French
Home Release Date:	Dec 11, 2001

Director	Credit
Wolfgang Petersen	Director

Writer	Credit
Dean Riesner	Writer
Lothar G. Buchheim	Writer
Wolfgang Petersen	Writer

Principal Cast	Credit
Jürgen Prochnow	Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock - Der Alte

Cast	Credit
Bernd Tauber	Kriechbaum - Chief Quartermaster-Navigator
Claude-Oliver Rudolph	Ario
Erwin Leder	Johann
Heinz Hoenig	Hinrich
Herbert Grönemeyer	Lt. Werner - Correspondent
Hubertus Bengsch	1st Lieutenant - Number One-1wo
Jan Fedder	Pilgrim
Joachim Bernhard	Preacher
Klaus Wennemann	Chief Engineer Fritz Grade - Der Leitende-Der LI
Martin May	Ullman
Martin Semmelrogge	2nd Lieutenant - 2wo
Oliver Stritzel	Schwalle
Ralf Richter	Frenssen
Uwe Ochsenknecht	Chief Bosun

Producer	Credit
Edward R. Pressman	Executive Producer
Edward Summer	Assistant Executive Producer
Günter Rohrbach	Producer
John W. Hyde	Executive Producer
Mark Damon	Executive Producer
Michael Bittins	Co-Producer
Ortwin Freyermuth	Producer