Das Boot is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release (1981) and a TV miniseries (1985). Also, several different home video versions, as well as a director's cut (1997) supervised by Petersen, have been released.
The conning tower of the submarine, Bavaria Studios, Munich
U-boat pens at the harbor of La Rochelle (2007) 46°9′32″N 1°12′33″W / 46.15889°N 1.20917°W / 46.15889; -1.20917
U-995, a U-boat of the version VII-C/41, at its exhibition in Laboe in 2004
La Rochelle is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With 78,535 inhabitants in 2021, La Rochelle is the most populated commune in the department and ranks fourth in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region after Bordeaux, the regional capital, Limoges and Poitiers.
Image: La rochelle, Le vieux port
Image: Banque de France (La Rochelle)
Image: La Rochelle (17) Église du Sacré Coeur panoramio
Image: Tour St Nicolas, La Rochelle, France, pic 010