Das Boot (1981) - Alarm!

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Screenplay by Wolfgang Petersen Based on Das Boot by Lothar-Günther Buchheim Produced by Günter Rohrbach Starring Jürgen Prochnow Herbert Grönemeyer Klaus Wennemann Cinematography Jost Vacano Edited by Hannes Nikel Music by Klaus Doldinger Production companies Bavaria Film Radiant Film Westdeutscher Rundfunk SWR Fernsehen Distributed by Neue Constantin Film (Germany) Columbia Pictures (International) Release date 17 September 1981 Running time 149 minutes Country West Germany Language German Budget DM 32 million (equivalent to €34 million 2021) Box office $84.9 million (equivalent to $238 million 2021)