Kapitän-Leutnant Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
Jürgen Prochnow
A 30-year-old battle-hardened sea veteran, who complains to Werner that most of his crew are boys
1981
2h 30m
Das Boot
Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War. Soon it becomes hunted itself.
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War. Soon it becomes hunted itself. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits...
Cast 19
Leutnant Werner
Herbert Grönemeyer
The naive, but honest, war correspondant and narrator. Werner is mocked for his lack of U-boat e...
Der Leitende
Klaus Wennemann
A quiet and well-respected man. At age 27, the oldest crew member besides the Captain. Tormented ...
1st Watch Officer
Hubertus Bengsch
A young, by-the-book officer, an ardent Nazi and a staunch believer in victory. He has a condesce...
2nd Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
A vulgar, comedic officer. He is short, red-haired and speaks with a mild Berlin dialect. One of ...
Kriechbaum
Bernd Tauber
The navigator and 3rd Watch Officer (3WO). Always slightly skeptical of the Captain and without e...
Chief Mechanic Johann
Erwin Leder
He is obsessed with a near-fetish love for the U96's engines. Johann suffers a temporary mental b...
Ullmann
Martin May
A young officer candidate who has a pregnant French fiancée (which is considered treason by the F...
Hinrich
Heinz Hoenig
The radioman, sonar controller and ship's combat medic. He is in many ways the third most importa...
Bosun Lamprecht
Uwe Ochsenknecht
The severe chief who shows Werner around the U-96, and supervises the firing and reloading of th...
Pilgrim
Jan Fedder
Another sailor (watch officer and diving planes operator), gets almost swept off the submarine d...
Frenssen
Ralf Richter
Pilgrim's best friend. Pilgrim and Frenssen love to trade dirty jokes and stories.
Bibelforscher
A very young religious sailor who is constantly reading the Bible. He is punched by Frenssen when...
Schwalle
Oliver Stritzel
A tall and well-built blond torpedoman who speaks Berlin dialect.
B
Benjamin
Jean-Claude Hoffmann
A red haired sailor who serves as a diving planes operator and watch officer.
Dufte
Lutz Schnell
The sailor who gets jeered at because he is getting married, and for a possible false airplane s...
Böckstiegel
Konrad Becker
The sailor who is first visited by Hinrich for crab lice.
Kapitänleutnant Philipp Thomsen
An alcoholic and shell-shocked U-boat commander, who is a member of "The Old Guard". When he is ...
C
Captain of the Weser
An enthusiastic officer aboard the resupply ship Weser. He mistakes the 1WO for the Captain as th...