Butterfly in the Typewriter
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Das Boot
On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
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Jürgen Prochnow Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer Lieutenant Werner
Klaus Wennemann Chief Engineer
Hubertus Bengsch First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph Ario
Jan Fedder Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac Monique
Ralf Richter Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard Preacher
Oliver Stritzel Schwalle
Konrad Becker Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell Dufte
Martin Hemme Brückenwilli
Otto Sander Phillip Thomsen
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