Das Boot [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a director's cut restoration from Twin Bros. Productions of a Bavaria Film production in association with Radiant Film ; produced by Günter Rohrbach ; written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge. Based on the novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Originally released as motion picture in 1981. "Remastered with over 60 minutes of extra footage never seen before on video"--Container. Special features: The making of/behind the scenes; director's commentary.
Summary:
Follows the daring patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "gray wolves." The crew is graphically portrayed in a life-and-death struggle, challenging the British Navy at every turn.
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