Das Boot - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Das Boot"
Das Boot (1981)
Timing:
2:30 (150 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Michael Bittins
Producer
Ortwin Freyermuth
Producer
Executive Producer
Edward R. Pressman
Executive Producer
John W. Hyde
Executive Producer
Mark Damon Johnson
Executive Producer
Casting
Willy Schlenter
Casting
Editor
Hannes Nikel
Editor
Special Effects Supervisor
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects Supervisor
Art Direction
Götz Weidner
Art Direction
Costume Design
Monika Bauert
Costume Design
Production Design
Second Unit Director
Hannes Nikel
Second Unit Director
Makeup Artist
Alfred Rasche
Makeup Artist
Ago von Sperl
Makeup Artist
Rüdiger von Sperl
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Second Assistant Director
Marie-Antoinette Petersen
Second Assistant Director
Additional Photography
Ernst Wild
Additional Photography
Director of Photography
Sound Effects Editor
Peter Horrocks
Sound Effects Editor
Karola Storr
Sound Effects Editor
Assistant Art Director
Walter E. Richarz
Assistant Art Director
Philipp von Seil
Assistant Art Director
Property Master
Monika Moritz
Property Master
Peter Dürst
Property Master
Rüdiger Wagner
Property Master
Script Supervisor
Isabel Prochnow
Script Supervisor
Electrician
Rudi Denk
Electrician
Iko Dimitri
Electrician
Franz Schlammer
Electrician
Willi Zopf
Electrician
Still Photographer
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Sound Mixer
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Trevor Pyke
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
Georg Borgel
First Assistant Director
Production Manager
Michael Bittins
Production Manager
Philippe Dussart
Production Manager
Screenplay
Novel
Key Grip
Ludwig Sauermann
Key Grip
Special Effects
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
Special Effects
Max Gretmann
Special Effects
Willi Neuner
Special Effects
Franz Kirschke
Special Effects
Music Editor
Post Production Supervisor
Scenic Artist
Friedrich Thaler
Scenic Artist
Production Secretary
Caroline Perchaud
Production Secretary
Ingrid von Anka
Production Secretary
Sound Recordist
Karsten Ullrich
Sound Recordist
Albrecht von Bethmann
Sound Recordist
Heinz Schürer
Sound Recordist
Werner Böhm
Sound Recordist
Stanislav Litera
Sound Recordist
Stanislav Litera
Sound Recordist
Production Executive
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
Sound Editor
Mike Le Mare
Sound Editor
Foley
Mel Kutbay
Foley
Hans-Walter Kramski
Foley
Assistant Camera
Mike Rutter
Assistant Camera
Continuity
Isabel Goslar
Continuity
What's left behind the scenes
- In the early 1990s, the group "U-96" created a techno version of the film's musical theme – "Das Boot," which became very popular.
- The final scene was filmed in one take, primarily due to the high cost of filming it.
- U-96 – a medium-sized German Type VIIC U-boat from World War II – became one of the most famous submarines after the publication of the novel "The Boat." The order to build the submarine was given on May 30, 1938. The boat was laid down on September 16, 1939, at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel under construction number 601, launched on August 1, 1940. The boat entered service on September 14, 1940, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock.
- Most of the film's shooting took place in Munich.
- Initially, the project was to be directed by Don Siegel.
- During filming, the real captain of U-96, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, was present as a consultant; he was already 70 years old at the time.
- Rutger Hauer was considered for the role of the U-96 captain, but at the last moment, the actor declined to participate in the film, preferring to work on Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner'.
- The boat used for filming 'Das Boot' was also used in the filming of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (1981).
- The theatrical release of the film lasted 150 minutes, while the director's cut ran for 209 minutes. In 1996, a complete version of the film with a runtime of 293 minutes was released.
- Pre-production lasted 5 years. The actual filming took one year, and another year was spent on post-production.
- For the scenes inside the submarine compartments, a tank was built that hung on two gimbal mounts and could sway up-down and left-right, allowing for realistic filming of the jolts from depth charge explosions.
- Two full-scale mock-ups of the conning tower and deck were made for filming on the U-96, as well as a miniature submarine intended for unmanned scenes at sea. Scenes on the bridge were filmed in a pool equipped with devices to create 'storm waves'.
- The film features an Enigma machine for radio communications, around which the plot of another film about a German submarine – 'U-571' (2000) – is built.
- The film's soundtrack features a version of the song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" performed by the Alexandrov Ensemble. The same song was sung by liberated English prisoners of war in the Soviet film about a German submarine, "Secret Passage" (1986).
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
- The scenes in La Rochelle were filmed in the same hangars built by the Germans during World War II. Some residents, who still remembered the occupation, noted that "the Germans are just as crazy as they were then."
- The film was shot in chronological order, with the exception of the opening scenes in the bar and the final scenes in the harbor, which were filmed last.
- When the crew spots a destroyer through binoculars, they shout "Destroyer at ten o'clock!", but everyone looks through their binoculars not to the left of the boat's course, but to the right, "at two o'clock."
- The film's soundtrack features a version of the song 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary', performed by the Alexandrov Ensemble of Song and Dance. The same song was sung by liberated English prisoners of war in the Soviet film about the German submarine 'Secret Passage' (1986).
- The scenes in La Rochelle were filmed in the same hangars built by the Germans during World War II. Some residents, still remembering the occupation, noted that 'the Germans are as crazy as they were then'.
- When the team spots a destroyer through binoculars, they announce "Destroyer at ten o'clock!", but everyone looks to the right, "at two o'clock", rather than to the left in the direction of the boat's course.
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