Das Boot / Columbia Pictures presents a director's cut restoration from Twin Bros. Productions of a Bavaria Film production in association with Radiant Film ; written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen ; produced by Günter Rohrbach.

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Follows the patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "Gray Wolves" that sought to harass and destroy British ships during World War II. Portrays the crew as they struggle to maintain their professionalism as soldiers while trying to understand and obey the ideology of the Ger...

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Uniform Title:Boot (Motion picture)
Superbit.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures
Twin Bros. Productions
Bavaria Film
Radiant Film (Firm)
Columbia TriStar Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Petersen, Wolfgang
Prochnow, Jürgen
Grönemeyer, Herbert, 1956-
Wennemann, Klaus, 1940-
Buchheim, Lothar Günther
Language:German
English
Chinese
French
Korean
Portuguese
Spanish
Thai
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned. In German with optional soundtrack in English (Dolby surround); optional subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2003]
Edition:Director's cut.
Series:Superbit.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine > Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, German > Drama.
Submarine warfare > Drama.
Submarines (Ships) > Drama.
Feature films.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Buchheim, Lothar Günther.
Military operations, Naval > German.
Military operations, Naval > Submarine.
Submarine warfare.
Submarines (Ships)
1939-1945
Feature films > Germany (West)
Foreign language films > German.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films
Foreign language films
War films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Film adaptations.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (210 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Boat. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Follows the patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the "Gray Wolves" that sought to harass and destroy British ships during World War II. Portrays the crew as they struggle to maintain their professionalism as soldiers while trying to understand and obey the ideology of the German government which they served.
Note:Based on the novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1981.
Widescreen presentation; aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ2 D0037899 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: R.
ISBN:1404930795
9781404930797
Credits:Director of photography, Jost Vacano; film editor, Hannes Nikel; music, Klaus Doldinger.
System Details:DVD; DTS, Dolby digital 5.1.
Cast:
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge.