4/1/2024 0 Comments Das boot soundtrack angriff![]() ![]() Henrich Lehmann- Willenbrock, the actual commander of U- 96 and 6th highest scoring U-Boat ace of the war when Buchheim was aboard and not the fictitious commander of the U-boat always referred to as the "Old Man." I would strongly recommend that you watch the movie in the original German with English subtitles rather than the version dubbed into English. The IMDb lists the German actor Jürgen Prochnow as playing Capt.-Lt. The author of the novel was actually aboard the U-Boat on several war patrols. This imparts an authenticity to the film often lacking in many war films. Das Boot is based on the novel of the same name which is a thinly disguised memoir by the author, Lothar Gunther Buchheim. I say this to establish my credibility to write the following review. I did this to research my novel, An Honorable German, a World War Two naval epic told from the point of view of a heroic yet deeply conflicted German naval officer, published in 2009. I researched German U-Boats for many years, interviewed surviving crew as well as current day German naval officers.
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