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title: "Das Boot: cast and crew"
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cast: 41
crew: 62
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# Das Boot (1981): cast and crew

41 cast and 62 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Jürgen Prochnow](https://film.one/person/jurgen-prochnow.md) as Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
- [Herbert Grönemeyer](https://film.one/person/herbert-gronemeyer.md) as Leutnant Werner
- [Klaus Wennemann](https://film.one/person/klaus-wennemann.md) as Chef Ingenieur
- [Hubertus Bengsch](https://film.one/person/hubertus-bengsch.md) as First Watch Officer
- [Martin Semmelrogge](https://film.one/person/martin-semmelrogge.md) as Second Watch Officer
- [Bernd Tauber](https://film.one/person/bernd-tauber.md) as Kriechbaum
- [Erwin Leder](https://film.one/person/erwin-leder.md) as Johann 'Das Gespenst'
- [Martin May](https://film.one/person/martin-may.md) as Ullmann
- [Heinz Hoenig](https://film.one/person/heinz-hoenig.md) as Hinrich
- [Uwe Ochsenknecht](https://film.one/person/uwe-ochsenknecht.md) as Chief Bosun
- [Claude-Oliver Rudolph](https://film.one/person/claude-oliver-rudolph.md) as Ario
- [Jan Fedder](https://film.one/person/jan-fedder.md) as Pilgrim
- Rita Cadillac as Monique
- Ralf Richter as Frenssen
- Joachim Bernhard as Preacher
- Oliver Stritzel as Schwalle
- Konrad Becker as Bockstiegel
- Lutz Schnell as Dufte
- Martin Hemme as Brückenwilli
- [Otto Sander](https://film.one/person/otto-sander.md) as Phillip Thomsen
- Günter Lamprecht as Weser Captain
- Thomas Boxhammer
- Roger Barth
- Günther Franke as Weser First Officer
- Christian Bendomir
- Norbert Gronwald
- Albert Kraml
- Jean-Claude Hoffmann as Benjamin
- Peter Pathenis
- Arno Kral as Hagen
- Christian Seipolt
- Helmut Neumeier as Schmutt
- Ferdinand Schaal
- Wilhelm Pietsch as Franz
- Rolf Weber
- Dirk Salomon as Markus
- Lothar Zajicek
- [Sky du Mont](https://film.one/person/sky-du-mont.md) as Weser Officer (uncredited)
- Ulrich Günther as Merkel (uncredited)
- Edwige Pierre as Nadine (uncredited)
- Günter Spörrle as Seewald (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Wolfgang Petersen](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-petersen.md): Director
- Isabel Prochnow: Script Supervisor
- Georg Borgel: First Assistant Director
- [Hannes Nikel](https://film.one/person/hannes-nikel.md): Second Unit Director
- Marie-Antoinette Petersen: Second Assistant Director
- Isabel Goslar: Continuity

## Writing

- Lothar-Günther Buchheim: Novel
- [Wolfgang Petersen](https://film.one/person/wolfgang-petersen.md): Screenplay
- [Dean Riesner](https://film.one/person/dean-riesner.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Günter Rohrbach](https://film.one/person/gunter-rohrbach.md): Producer
- [Michael Bittins](https://film.one/person/michael-bittins.md): Producer, Production Manager
- Mark Damon Johnson: Executive Producer
- Willy Schlenter: Casting
- [Ortwin Freyermuth](https://film.one/person/ortwin-freyermuth.md): Producer
- John W. Hyde: Executive Producer
- [Edward R. Pressman](https://film.one/person/edward-r-pressman.md): Executive Producer
- Lutz Hengst: Production Executive
- Philippe Dussart: Production Manager
- Ingrid von Anka: Production Secretary
- Caroline Perchaud: Production Secretary

## Camera

- [Jost Vacano](https://film.one/person/jost-vacano.md): Director of Photography
- Karl-Heinz Vogelmann: Still Photographer
- Mike Rutter: Assistant Camera
- Ernst Wild: Additional Photography
- Ludwig Sauermann: Key Grip

## Editing

- [Hannes Nikel](https://film.one/person/hannes-nikel.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Klaus Doldinger](https://film.one/person/klaus-doldinger.md): Original Music Composer
- Mel Kutbay: Foley
- Hans-Walter Kramski: Foley
- Alan Willis: Music Editor
- Peter Horrocks: Sound Effects Editor
- Karola Storr: Sound Effects Editor
- Stanislav Litera: Sound Recordist
- Trevor Pyke: Sound Mixer
- Mike Le Mare: Sound Editor
- Milan Bor: Sound Mixer

## Art

- Götz Weidner: Art Direction
- Walter E. Richarz: Assistant Art Director
- Philipp von Seil: Assistant Art Director
- [Rolf Zehetbauer](https://film.one/person/rolf-zehetbauer.md): Production Design
- Peter Dürst: Property Master
- Rüdiger Wagner: Property Master
- Monika Moritz: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- [Monika Bauert](https://film.one/person/monika-bauert.md): Costume Design
- Rüdiger von Sperl: Makeup Artist
- Ago von Sperl: Makeup Artist
- Alfred Rasche: Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Karl Baumgartner: Special Effects Supervisor

## Lighting

- Willi Zopf: Electrician
- Iko Dimitri: Electrician
- Franz Schlammer: Electrician
- Rudi Denk: Electrician

## Crew

- Albrecht von Bethmann: Sound Recordist
- Heinz Schürer: Sound Recordist
- Karsten Ullrich: Sound Recordist
- Werner Böhm: Sound Recordist
- Friedrich Thaler: Scenic Artist
- William H. Brown: Post Production Supervisor
- Willi Neuner: Special Effects
- Karl-Heinz Bochnig: Special Effects
- Max Gretmann: Special Effects
- Franz Kirschke: Special Effects

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