Das Boot [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a director's cut restoration of a Bavaria Film production ; written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen ; produced by Günter Rohrbach.
Based on the novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Originally produced as motion picture by Bavaria Atelier in 1981. A foreign film (Germany). "Widescreen presentation." "Remastered with over 60 minutes of extra footage never seen before on video; also includes interviews and behind the scenes footage." Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge.
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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