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Sukellusvene U-96

Original title: Das Boot
  • 1981
  • K-16
  • 2h 29m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
266K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,202
312
Sukellusvene U-96 (1981)
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A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

  • Director
    • Wolfgang Petersen
  • Writers
    • Wolfgang Petersen
    • Lothar G. Buchheim
  • Stars
    • Jürgen Prochnow
    • Herbert Grönemeyer
    • Klaus Wennemann
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    266K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,202
    312
    • Director
      • Wolfgang Petersen
    • Writers
      • Wolfgang Petersen
      • Lothar G. Buchheim
    • Stars
      • Jürgen Prochnow
      • Herbert Grönemeyer
      • Klaus Wennemann
    • 589User reviews
    • 117Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #79
    • Nominated for 6 Oscars
      • 13 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Photos304

    Edwige Pierre and Martin Semmelrogge in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Joachim Bernhard, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, and Oliver Stritzel in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Rita Cadillac, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Martin Semmelrogge in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Jürgen Prochnow and Heinz Hoenig in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Erwin Leder and Claude-Oliver Rudolph in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Jan Fedder, Herbert Grönemeyer, Heinz Hoenig, and Ralf Richter in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Erwin Leder in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Bernd Tauber in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Jürgen Prochnow and Heinz Hoenig in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Jürgen Prochnow and Herbert Grönemeyer in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)
    Hubertus Bengsch, Heinz Hoenig, and Bernd Tauber in Sukellusvene U-96 (1985)

    Cast43

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    Jürgen Prochnow
    Jürgen Prochnow
    • Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock - Der Alte
    Herbert Grönemeyer
    Herbert Grönemeyer
    • Lt. Werner - Correspondent
    Klaus Wennemann
    • Chief Engineer Fritz Grade - Der Leitende-Der LI
    Hubertus Bengsch
    • 1st Lieutenant - Number One-1WO
    Martin Semmelrogge
    Martin Semmelrogge
    • 2nd Lieutenant - 2WO
    Bernd Tauber
    Bernd Tauber
    • Kriechbaum - Chief Quartermaster-Navigator
    Erwin Leder
    Erwin Leder
    • Johann
    Martin May
    • Ullman
    Heinz Hoenig
    Heinz Hoenig
    • Hinrich
    • (as Heinz Hönig)
    Uwe Ochsenknecht
    Uwe Ochsenknecht
    • Chief Bosun
    Claude-Oliver Rudolph
    Claude-Oliver Rudolph
    • Ario
    Jan Fedder
    Jan Fedder
    • Pilgrim
    Ralf Richter
    Ralf Richter
    • Frenssen
    • (as Ralph Richter)
    Joachim Bernhard
    Joachim Bernhard
    • Preacher
    Oliver Stritzel
    Oliver Stritzel
    • Schwalle
    Konrad Becker
    • Bockstiegel
    Lutz Schnell
    • Dufte
    Martin Hemme
    • Brückenwilli
    • Director
      • Wolfgang Petersen
    • Writers
      • Wolfgang Petersen
      • Lothar G. Buchheim
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The cast was deliberately kept indoors continually during the shooting period in order to look as pale as a real submarine crew would on a mission at sea.
    • Goofs
      In the bordello sequence prior to the launch scene, swing music was being played. Under Hitler, swing or big band music was forbidden, and only German classical music could be played. However, popular music was common in such service clubs, especially outside Germany proper.
    • Quotes

      Lt. Werner: Captain?

      Captain: I'm sorry.

      Lt. Werner: You think it's hopeless now?

      Captain: It's been 15 hours. He'll never do it. I'm sorry.

      Lt. Werner: They made us all train for this day. "To be fearless and proud and alone. To need no one, just sacrifice. All for the Fatherland." Oh God, all just empty words. It's not the way they said it was, is it? I just want someone to be with. The only thing I feel is afraid.

    • Alternate versions
      The 5.1 remix for the 209-minute director's cut (for both the English and German dubs) contains entirely new sound effects in place of the sound effects from the original stereo mix. In addition to that, the original Columbia Pictures logo from 1981 featured in the opening is plastered with a silent version of the 1997 Columbia logo instead. The Blu-ray release contains both the original 149-minute theatrical version and the 1997 director's cut on two separate discs, making this release the first time in the US since the VHS and Laserdisc days that the theatrical version has been made available. However, on the disc containing the theatrical version, despite being listed as a 5.1 remix on the case and the menu, it instead contains only the original stereo mix for both the German and English tracks (in addition to restoring the original 1981 Columbia Pictures logo to the opening).
    • Connections
      Edited from Battle of Britain (1969)
    • Soundtracks
      La Paloma
      (uncredited)

      Written by Sebastian Iradier (as Sebastian de Yradier) and Michael Jary

      Performed by Rosita Serrano

      Published by Edition Cinema

    User reviews589

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    Featured review
    10/10
    15 years and I'm still thinking about it
    Das Boot is not just a great war film: it's a great film period. Maybe it is true that epic themes make the greatest novels and films. Here is a movie that explores heroism, duty, patriotism, hope, fear and the futility of war--all grand themes--explored in the confined, and collapsing, spaces of a German u-boat.

    I saw this film when I was a freshman in college during a weekend that I later dubbed my "depressing movie festival." (The Wall and Apocalypse Now were the other weekend "entries.") Of these films, it was Das Boot that haunted me--when I laid down at night, I saw Jurgen Proctow's pained blue eyes. When I woke in the morning, I felt as if I were escaping through the hatch of the submarine. I could not shake the images, and now some fifteen years later, I still remember how completely meaningless the movie made everything seem, and the nihilistic message stayed with me for a long, long time. How few films are there which affect the viewers on this level. To say this film is "powerful" seems so weak a description.

    Part of the "power" of the film comes, I think, from a certain restraint in the direction. So often, films which aspire to move the audience quickly fall into melodrama, over-acting, and overblown images. Too much. These often succeed in the immediate response (usually crying) but fail to impact the viewer on anything more than a surface level. Here, it is the small moments which fill the screen. Everywhere, all around is War, but for these men as we witness them, war does not begin with a capital "W". It is reality, not a grand concept. The director lets the story shock and horrify the audience, not by forcing it, but by letting the story just tell itself. Drama, tension and resolution occur naturally in Das Boot, which contributes to the very real impact of the film.

    Story is a 10, direction is a 10, acting is a 10 and the cinematography is a 10. One of the all-time greatest films.
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    21
    • susy-7
    • Sep 7, 1999

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 2, 1982 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • Italy
      • France
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Twin Brothers
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • U-båt 96
    • Filming locations
      • North Sea near Heligoland
    • Production companies
      • Bavaria Film
      • Twin Bros. Productions
      • Radiant Film GmbH
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • DEM 32,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,487,676
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $26,994
      • Feb 14, 1982
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,488,778
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo(original release)

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