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.

• Jürgen Prochnow
• Herbert Grönemeyer
• Klaus Wennemann
• Hubertus Bengsch
• Martin Semmelrogge
• Bernd Tauber
• Erwin Leder
• Martin May