

Das Boot
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $85M
- Language
- German
- based on novel or book
- submarine
- war correspondent
- atlantic ocean
- gibraltar
- world war ii
- duty
- suicide mission
- drinking
- sailor
- convoy
- destroyer
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR10 Feb 1982
- TheatricalRDirector's cut4 Apr 1997
- PhysicalRDVD9 Dec 1997
- PhysicalNR293 Minutes Long8 Jun 2004
- PhysicalRBlu-Ray5 Jul 2011
- PremiereDallas International Film Festival19 Apr 2015
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical15Director's cut23 Jan 1998
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM21 Oct 1982
- TheatricalMDirector's cut22 Jan 1998
CanadaCA
- Theatrical14A10 Feb 1982
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1313 May 1982
BelgiumBE
- PremiereALGent18 Feb 1982
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1416 Jul 1982
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical4 Nov 1982
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalU13 May 1993
- PhysicalDVD, FilmX23 Nov 2006
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1526 Mar 1982
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-162 Apr 1982
FranceFR
- TheatricalU17 Feb 1982
Frequently asked questions
Das Boot was released on 17 September 1981.
Audience reviews
3- W7/10
Wuchak
9/17/2020
_**Life on a German U-boat**_ During WW2, the German submarine U-96 (with Jürgen Prochnow as the captain) leaves the French harbor of La Rochelle for war adventures & misfortunes in the North Atlantic when they’re eventually commissioned to go through the Strait of Gibraltar. The men experience the challenging claustrophobic life of serving on a U-boat with its highs and lows. Who will make it back alive? “Das …
- J10/10
janeyee
12/25/2023
"Das Boot" stands out as a masterful epic of war cinema, not just for its thrilling combat sequences but for its in-depth look at the human element of warfare. Wolfgang Petersen's direction brings to life the claustrophobic world of a German U-boat, filled with men who are far more than the enemy caricatures often depicted in war films. Jurgen Prochnow's performance as the Captain is especially noteworthy, bringing a…
- C8/10
CinemaSerf
10/25/2024
In many ways, this reminded me of "Aces High" (1976). An example of young, barely pubescent, men sent to a war that would test their mettle to the extreme as they lived each day, perilously, as it came. This time, these young men are encased in a few hundred tons of creaking metal submarine and are tasked with harrying the Allied convoys travelling to and from the UK as World War II continued. The crew are led by an …
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