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name: "Lothar-Günther Buchheim"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lothar-gunther-buchheim"
fi1m_id: "lothar-gunther-buchheim"
imdb_id: "nm0118164"
tmdb_id: 5236
wikidata_id: "Q706662"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 February 1918"
died: "22 February 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-10T18:56:22.329098+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lothar-Günther Buchheim

## Identity

Lothar-Günther Buchheim

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lothar-gunther-buchheim
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lothar-gunther-buchheim
- **IMDb ID:** nm0118164
- **TMDB ID:** 5236
- **Wikidata ID:** Q706662
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar-G%C3%BCnther_Buchheim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706662, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5236

Writer. Born 6 February 1918 in Weimar, Germany. Died 22 February 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 February 1918, Weimar, Germany
- **Died:** 22 February 2007
- **Active:** 1981–1985
- **Also known as:** Lothar G. Buchheim
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar-G%C3%BCnther_Buchheim, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706662, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118164/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5236

## Biography

Lothar-Günther Buchheim was a German author and painter. He wrote the 1973 novel *Das Boot*, drawn from his wartime service as a naval war correspondent aboard U-boats.

The novel was adapted as the 1981 film *Das Boot*, on which he was credited for the novel, and the 1985 television series *Das Boot*, for which he received a screenplay credit. He was born in Weimar in 1918 and died in 2007.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Das Boot* (1985), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/das-boot-1985.md)
- *Das Boot* (1981), Fi1m 89, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Das Boot* (2018), series, Novel
- *Das Boot* (1985), series, Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/das-boot-1985.md)
- *Doctor Faustus* (1982), as Dr. Erasmi
- *Das Boot* (1981), Novel — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/das-boot.md)

## Gallery

- ![Lothar-Günther Buchheim](https://film.one/media/person/103067/gallery-231de6eb8657.jpg) Lothar-Günther Buchheim — Magnussen, Friedrich (1914-1987), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Autor_Lothar-G%C3%BCnther_Buchheim_%28Kiel_68.453%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ehemalige katholische Hofmarkskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Bernried am Starnberger See im oberbayerischen Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau in Bayern/Deutschland, Grab (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/103067/gallery-13e573e38778.jpg) Ehemalige katholische Hofmarkskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Bernried am Starnberger See im oberbayerischen Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau in Bayern/Deutschland, Grab (2025) — GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Bernried_am_Starnberger_See_Mari%C3%A4_Himmelfahrt_Grabstein_808.jpg/1280px-Bernried_am_Starnberger_See_Mari%C3%A4_Himmelfahrt_Grabstein_808.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ehemalige katholische Hofmarkskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Bernried am Starnberger See im oberbayerischen Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau in Bayern/Deutschland, Grab (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/103067/gallery-84e914ccebed.jpg) Ehemalige katholische Hofmarkskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Bernried am Starnberger See im oberbayerischen Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau in Bayern/Deutschland, Grab (2025) — GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bernried_am_Starnberger_See_Mari%C3%A4_Himmelfahrt_Grabstein_809.jpg/1280px-Bernried_am_Starnberger_See_Mari%C3%A4_Himmelfahrt_Grabstein_809.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ehemalige katholische Hofmarkskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Bernried am Starnberger See im oberbayerischen Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau in Bayern/Deutschland, Grab (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/103067/gallery-7e1bc29db318.jpg) Ehemalige katholische Hofmarkskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Bernried am Starnberger See im oberbayerischen Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau in Bayern/Deutschland, Grab (2025) — GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Bernried_am_Starnberger_See_Mari%C3%A4_Himmelfahrt_Grabstein_810.jpg/1280px-Bernried_am_Starnberger_See_Mari%C3%A4_Himmelfahrt_Grabstein_810.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Signature of Lothar-Günther Buchheim. (1998)](https://film.one/media/person/103067/gallery-21b4c1170758.jpg) Signature of Lothar-Günther Buchheim. (1998) — Palauenc05, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lothar-G%C3%BCnther_Buchheim_Unterschrift.jpg/1280px-Lothar-G%C3%BCnther_Buchheim_Unterschrift.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won

- Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art 1998: Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (won)
- Ernst Hoferichter Prize 1993: Ernst Hoferichter Prize (won)
- Bavarian Order of Merit 1988: Bavarian Order of Merit (won)
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1986: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Duisburg-Essen 1985: honorary doctor of the University of Duisburg-Essen (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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