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The Boat
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Synopsis
1941, the French Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Nazi Germany's submarine U-boat ``U96'' leaves the port of La Rochelle. The mission is to wipe out Allied convoys. Werner, a member of the news team, boards U96 for an interview, but witnesses the reality of the harsh environment of a ``submarine.'' Loneliness, behind closed doors, exhaustion, and death. Harsh orders arrive from her home country, Nazi Germany, as if to attack her. The order was to break through the Strait of Gibraltar, where British troops were waiting, and head to Italy...
Work information
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Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Producer: Günter Rohrbach
Autowyn Freyams (Director's Cut)
Executive producer: Lutz Henkst
Mark Damon (Director's Cut)
Edward R. Pressman (Director's Cut)
John W. Hyde (Director's Cut)
Original work: Lothar-Günter Buchheim
Screenplay: Wolfgang Petersen
Cinematography: Yost Vacano
Music: Klaus Doldinger
cast
Jurgen Profnow
Herbert Grünemeyer
Klaus Wenneman
Bernd Tauber
Martin Semmerrogge
Claude-Olivier Rudolph
Olivier Stritzel
erwin leder
heinz hoenig
Uwe Ochsenknecht
otto sander
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*Information as of January 26, 2021