Das Boot On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors. Release date: 1981-09-17 Genres: Drama, History, War Actors: Bernd Tauber, Oliver Stritzel, Jan Fedder, Günter Lamprecht, Klaus Wennemann, Herbert Grönemeyer, Jürgen Prochnow, Martin May, Martin Semmelrogge, Heinz Hoenig, Ralf Richter, Otto Sander, Edwige Pierre, Sky du Mont, Günter Spörrle, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Hubertus Bengsch, Ulrich Günther, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Erwin Leder, Lutz Schnell, Ferdinand Schaal, Rita Cadillac, Dirk Salomon, Joachim Bernhard, Martin Hemme, Konrad Becker, Maryline Moulard, Peter Pathenis, Albert Kraml, Thomas Boxhammer, Christian Seipolt, Jean-Claude Hoffmann, Christian Bendomir, Lothar Zajicek, Norbert Gronwald, Günther Franke, Roger Barth, Wilhelm Pietsch, Helmut Neumeier, Arno Kral, Rolf Weber Budget: $14,000,000Revenue: $85,000,000 Runtime: 2 h. 30 min. Score: 8.1/10 Votes: 2,333 Countries: Germany Companies: Radiant Film GmbH, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Bavaria Film, WDR, SWR Fernsehen Available* : Overview: 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.