Das Boot: The Mini-series

Digitally remastered, Wolfgang Petersen's account of a German U-96 is presented as a mini-series featuring considerable material omitted from the original feature film. Regarded as one of the most accurate representations of Germany's elite U-Boat crewmen during World War Two, the story is told from the crew's perspective and emphasises both the long periods of boredom they put up with and the claustrophobic terror they experience when engaging the enemy. The central character of the tale is Lt. Werner (Herbert Gronemeyer), a war correspondent who is posted to the U-96 to observe life under Captain Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (J�rgen Prochnow) and Chief Engineer Fritz Grade (Klaus Wennemann).

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Producer: Günter Rohrbach
Producer: Ortwin Freyermuth
Writer: Wolfgang Petersen
Music: Klaus Doldinger
Cinematographer: Jost Vacano
Actor: Jürgen Prochnow
Actor: Herbert Gronemeyer
Actor: Klaus Wennemann
Actor: Hubertus Bengsch
Actor: Martin Semmelrogge
Actor: Bernd Tauber
Actor: Erwin Leder
Actor: Martin May
Actor: Heinz Hoenig
Actor: Jan Fedder