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Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
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 …
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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 KnospeSelf - Narrator (voice)
Claude-Oliver RudolphSelf
Monika BauertSelf - Das Boot Costume Designer
Herrmann FriedrichSelf - U-96 Crew Member
Hans-Joachim KrugSelf - Military Advisor
Günter RohrbachSelf - Das Boot Producer
Rolf ZehetbauerSelf - Das Boot Production Designer
Herbert GrönemeyerSelf
Wolfgang PetersenSelf - Das Boot Screenwriter and Director
Otto SanderSelf
Götz WeidnerSelf - Das Boot Art Director
Jan-Michael BrandtSelf - Das Boot Production Assistant
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Ludwig HuppmannSelf - Das Boot Stuntman
Martin SemmelroggeSelf - Das Boot Actor
Ralf RichterSelf - Das Boot Actor
Erwin LederSelf - Das Boot Actor
Jürgen ProchnowSelf - Das Boot Actor
Philipp von SeilSelf - Das Boot Assistant Art Director (voice)
Dirk SalomonSelf - Das Boot Actor (voice)
Jan FedderSelf - Das Boot Actor
Martin MaySelf - Das Boot Actor
Jost VacanoSelf - Das Boot DOP (voice)
Arno KralSelf - Das Boot Actor (voice)
Peter DürstSelf - Das Boot Property Master
Bernd TauberSelf - Das Boot Actor
Heinz HoenigSelf - Das Boot Actor
Mel KutbaySelf - Das Boot Foley Artist
Martin HemmeSelf - Das Boot Actor
Ferdinand SchaalSelf - Das Boot Actor
Karl BaumgartnerSelf - Das Boot SFX Supervisor
Thomas NikelSelf - Film Editor
Klaus DoldingerSelf - Das Boot Music Composer
Hubertus BengschSelf - Das Boot Actor (archive footage)
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