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.

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Created by

Edward R. Pressman,Mark Damon Johnson,John W. Hyde

Writers

Dean Riesner,Lothar-Günther Buchheim,Wolfgang Petersen