[PAR] [TLE] Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock [SEP] Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (11 December 1911 – 18 April 1986) was a submarine commander in the "Kriegsmarine" of Nazi Germany during World War II.  He was sixth among the top ten successful U-boat commanders during the Battle of the Atlantic against the Allies, in terms of tonnage of merchant ships sunk.  He commanded four U-boats, and his most successful tour was commanding the "U-96" a Type VIIC U-boat, which gained widespread recognition when one of its patrols was documented and publicized by an accompanying member of a propaganda company Lothar-Günther Buchheim.  He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.  The story of the "U-96" was eventually made into a mini-series and film called "Das Boot", in which he was portrayed by Jürgen Prochnow. [PAR] [TLE] Das Boot [SEP] Das Boot (] , German meaning "The Boat") is a 1981 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 and as a TV miniseries (1985), in several different home video versions of various running times, and in a longer director's cut version supervised by Petersen in 1997.
[PAR] [TLE] Heinrich Lehmann - Willenbrock [ SEP ] Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann - Willenbrock ( 11 December 1911 – 18 April 1986 ) was a submarine commander in the " Kriegsmarine " of Nazi Germany during World War II . He was sixth among the top ten successful U - boat commanders during the Battle of the Atlantic against the Allies , in terms of tonnage of merchant ships sunk . He commanded four U - boats , and his most successful tour was commanding the " U-96 " a Type VIIC U - boat , which gained widespread recognition when one of its patrols was documented and publicized by an accompanying member of a propaganda company Lothar - Günther Buchheim . He was awarded the Knight 's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The story of the " U-96 " was eventually made into a mini - series and film called " Das Boot " , in which he was portrayed by Jürgen Prochnow . [PAR] [TLE] Das Boot [ SEP ] Das Boot ( ] , German meaning " The Boat " ) is a 1981 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 and as a TV miniseries ( 1985 ) , in several different home video versions of various running times , and in a longer director 's cut version supervised by Petersen in 1997 .
Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock was a submarine commander in Germany during World War II and the subject of the mini-series called "Das Boot" when he was portrayed by which actor?
Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann - Willenbrock was a submarine commander in Germany during World War II and the subject of the mini - series called " Das Boot " when he was portrayed by which actor ?
Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow