Miniseries · Das Erste
Das Boot
When the hunters become the hunted.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jürgen Prochnow
Der Alte
6 eps
Herbert Grönemeyer
Leutnant Werner
6 eps
Klaus Wennemann
Leitender Ingenieur
6 eps
Hubertus Bengsch
Erster Wachoffizier
6 eps
Martin Semmelrogge
Zweiter Wachoffizier
6 eps
Bernd Tauber
Obersteuermann
6 eps
Erwin Leder
Obermaschinist Johann
6 eps
Martin May
Fähnrich Ullmann
6 eps
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Bootsmann Lamprecht
6 eps
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Dieselheizer Ario
6 eps
Jan Fedder
Bootsmaat Pilgrim
6 eps
Heinz Hoenig
Funkmaat Hinrich
6 eps
Ralf Richter
Frenssen
6 eps
Oliver Stritzel
Schwalle
6 eps
Lutz Schnell
Dufte
6 eps
Otto Sander
Kapitänleutnant Philipp
6 eps
Günter Lamprecht
Kapitän des Versorgungsschiffs "Weser"
6 eps
Rita Cadillac
Monique
6 eps
Edwige Pierre
Nadine
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Das Boot actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Das Boot reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E03
The First Attack
For almost four weeks, the submarine is traveling south-west of Ireland and is held underwater by a destroyer during its first attack on an English convoy. Exploding depth charges hurl the crew and submarine into chaos. But the "old man" succeeds in maneuvering U 96 out of the danger zone. Subsequently, the submarine gets into a storm period lasting more than three weeks.
S01E01
Operation Atlantic
Autumn 1941. The crew of the U 96 celebrates its last day on land in La Rochelle, France. The exuberance of the men is nothing more than the fear of the next mission, which could be the last. War correspondent Lieutenant Werner does not understand the apparent cheerfulness, as he does not yet know the pitiless harshness of the war in a cramped submarine.
S01E02
On Search Course
The U 96 crew has been running on patrol south-west of Ireland for days. Monotony, inactivity, and boredom on board are transformed into aggression. A message about a convoy changes the mood of the crew. The "old man" risks a periscope attack. Surprisingly, a destroyer emerges, which hunts the submarine with depth charges.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Edward R. PressmanExecutive Producer
- John W. HydeExecutive Producer
- Mark Damon JohnsonExecutive Producer
Direction
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector
Cinematography
- Jost VacanoDirector of Photography
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