Lothar G. Buchheim(1918-2007)

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Actor
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Lothar G. Buchheim was born on 6 February 1918 in Weimar, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Le Bateau (1981), Das Boot (2018) and Le bateau (1985). He was married to Diethild Wickboldt and Geneviève Militon. He died on 22 February 2007 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.

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Le Bateau

8.4

Writer

1981

Das Boot

7.6

TV Series

Writer(as Prof. Dr. Lothar-Günther Buchheim)

Le bateau

8.8

TV Mini Series

Writer

Das Boot - Die komplette TV-Serie

8.9

TV Mini Series

Writer

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Writer

Das Boot
7.6
TV Series
- novels "Das Boot" and "Die Festung"
- based on the novels "Das Boot" and "Die Festung" written by (as Prof. Dr. Lothar-Günther Buchheim)
- 2018–2023
Das Boot - Die komplette TV-Serie
8.9
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1987
Le bateau
8.8
TV Mini Series
- novel
- 1985
Le Bateau
8.4
- based on the novel by
- 1981

Actor

Director

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Alternative names
- Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Born
- February 6, 1918
- Weimar, Germany
Died
- February 22, 2007
- Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany(heart failure)
Spouses
Other works
Novel "Die Festung" (1995)
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- 2 Interviews

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Trivia
Being a war correspondent, he joined the crew of the famous German submarine U-96 in 1941 to photograph and describe it in action. Based on these experiences, he wrote "Das Boot" about thirty years later.