Das Boot (series)
- User score: 8.6
- Production country: Germany
- Creator: Wolfgang Petersen
- Production companies: Bavaria Film
- Genre: Drama, War & Politics
- Release date: 2/24/1985
- Release date of last episode: 3/31/1985
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 6
- Run time: 52 min.
Series description
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.