SYNOPSIS

Das Boot. 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.


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

February 10, 1982

DIRECTOR

Wolfgang Petersen

WRITER

Wolfgang Petersen, Dean Riesner (writer) & Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)

COMPANY

Triumph Releasing Corporation

GENRE

Action, Drama, History

CERT

12

RUNTIME

149 minutes

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