

Q: As you have delved into the world of poetry and self-publication, it is clear that you are talented in many areas of art and expression. What was it like to win the “Bunte New Faces Award” in 2006?Ī: I remember that I lifted the lady who gave me the prize out of joy.

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Q: You’ve certainly had a very successful career so far, winning many awards and acting in a whole variety of TV shows and movies. So, I never had to think about what I wanted to be I made films during my school days and I never stopped. That’s why I wanted to be an actor since I was a teenager so that I could tell stories myself. Q: What was your main inspiration for entering the acting profession? Is this a path you always wished to take, or did you have any other aspirations?Ī: I grew up with books and films. The new colleagues also fit in wonderfully and it was simply a fantastic collaboration – also with the two new directors of season two, Matthias Glasner and Rick Ostermann. Q: What is it like to be on the set of “Das Boot” alongside your fellow actors and actresses, as well as engaging with director, Andreas Prochaska?Ī: As many of us knew each other from season one, it was like family reunion. I’ll put it this way: we didn’t get cold. In addition, we filmed the scenes outside of the boat in Malta – in midsummer and in military winter gear. Including the team members, we were sometimes up to 30 people inside the boat, so that claustrophobia automatically developed. The individual rooms of the submarine were also all controllable by a hydraulic system so that the swell could be simulated.

You have to think of the whole submarine as a train, the individual compartments of which could be separated. We shot the scenes inside a boat in the famous Barandov studios in Prague. Q: What is the filming like, and how is the atmosphere of claustrophobia captured on the U-Boat?Ī: The size of the set and the effort that was put into this project is enormous. This is how Ehrenberg is made controllable. And since he’s an alcoholic, Wrangel forces him to start drinking again. However, this has no consequences for the responsible perpetrators, who then take revenge on Ehrenberg. What journey can we expect to see him go on during season two?Ī: In season two, Robert Ehrenberg decides to report the mutiny in which he was involved in season one. Q: You play Chief Engineer Robert Ehrenberg. The second season allows much more emotions and a deeper look at the individual characters. Our director Andreas Prochaska, who is responsible for the entire first season, attached great importance to the most authentic possible implementation, almost in the style of a documentary.
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In contrast to the film, the series not only focuses on the submarine’s crew, but the plot is expanded by two more strands on land. Can you tell us about this series, and how it differs from the first season?Ī: The series Das Boot starts where one of the most famous German films left off: Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot. Q: “Das Boot” is currently screening on Sky Atlantic. Award-winning actor Franz Dinda chats to Aimée Woolford about season two of Das Boot, his experiences on-set, writing poetry, and much more.
