Quartile rating: 8.5/10 · 1 rating
On Quartile, Das Boot scores 8.5/10 across five categories — strongest on Acting (Well Above Average), weakest on Plot (Above Average).
Ranked among Quartile’s Top Acting, Top Cinematography.
Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.