U-Boot 96

North Atlantic, winter, sonar pings echoing through the darkness. A German U-boat crew scrambles to evade depth charges, their metal world creaking under pressure. Petersen frames war as a claustrophobic grind.

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Wolfgang Petersen directed U-Boot 96 in 1981. See Wolfgang Petersen's full filmography, where to start with Wolfgang Petersen, or where to go after you've seen everything by Wolfgang Petersen.

U-Boot 96 was released in 1981 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 150 minutes.