31 Dec 2003
Discovering Cinema: Learning to Talk
Documentary illustrating the birth of sound cinema.
Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Millions of viewers worldwide make Das Boot the most internationally successful German film of all time. But due to disputes over the script, accidents on the set, and voices accusing the makers of glorifying the war, the project was many times on the verge of being cancelled.
Top Billed Cast
Ulrike Knospe Self - Narrator (voice)
Claude-Oliver Rudolph Self
Herrmann Friedrich Self - U-96 Crew Member
Hans-Joachim Krug Self - Military Advisor
Herbert Grönemeyer Self
Otto Sander Self
Ludwig Huppmann Self - Das Boot Stuntman
Martin Semmelrogge Self - Das Boot Actor
Ralf Richter Self - Das Boot Actor
Erwin Leder Self - Das Boot Actor
Jürgen Prochnow Self - Das Boot Actor
Dirk Salomon Self - Das Boot Actor (voice)
Jan Fedder Self - Das Boot Actor
Martin May Self - Das Boot Actor
Arno Kral Self - Das Boot Actor (voice)
Bernd Tauber Self - Das Boot Actor
Heinz Hoenig Self - Das Boot Actor
Martin Hemme Self - Das Boot Actor
Ferdinand Schaal Self - Das Boot Actor
Hubertus Bengsch Self - Das Boot Actor (archive footage)
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