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Das Boot

1985 · 1 season

A claustrophobic, nerve-shredding descent into the monotony and terror of submarine warfare, where every creak of the hull tightens the vise.

Tagline
When the hunters become the hunted.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • isolation
  • fate
  • loyalty
Places
  • sea
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, war & politics
Created by
Wolfgang Petersen
Written by
Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Wolfgang Petersen, Dean Riesner
Starring
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May
Cinematography
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Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 52 min each
Network
Das Erste
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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