Background
BUCHHEIM, Lothar-Gunther was born on February 6, 1918 in Weimar, Thiiringen.
( The thrilling wartime novel that inspired Wolfgang Pete...)
The thrilling wartime novel that inspired Wolfgang Petersen's Academy Award-nominated, blockbuster film! Written by an actual survivor of Germany's U-boat fleet, Das Boot is one of the most exciting stories of naval warfare ever published, a tale filled with almost unbearable tension and suspense. In autumn 1941, a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Over the coming weeks they brave the ocean's stormy waters and seek out British supply ships to destroy. But their targets travel in well-guarded convoys. When contact finally occurs, the hunter quickly becomes the hunted, and a cat-and-mouse game begins as the U-boat hides deep beneath the surface of the sea. Soon, claustrophobia becomes an enemy almost as frightening as the depth charges exploding around them. The release of this supremely gripping, merciless intense story commemorates the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
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(It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander and his c...)
It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander and his crew set out on yet another hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. Over the coming weeks they must brave the stormy waters of the Atlantic in their mission to seek out and destroy British supply ships. But the tide is beginning to turn against the Germans in the war for the North Atlantic - their targets now travel in convoys, fiercely guarded by Royal Navy destroyers, and when contact is finally made the hunters rapidly become the hunted. As the U-boat is forced to hide beneath the surface of the sea a cat-an-mouse game begins, where the increasing claustrophobia of the submarine becomes an enemy just as frightening as the depth charges that explode around it. Written by a survivor of the U-boat fleet - of the 40,000 men who served on German submarines, 30,000 never returned - Das Boot is a psychological drama merciless in its intensity, and a classic novel of World War II.
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BUCHHEIM, Lothar-Gunther was born on February 6, 1918 in Weimar, Thiiringen.
Student, Dresden Academy, Art Academy, Munich.
Served in German navy. F. Kunstbuchverlag, Feldafing, and started collection, "the most important private collection”, of the work of German Expressionists. Owner and publr. Buchheim Verlag, Feldafing.
Honorary degree (Duisburg) 1985. Bundesverdienstkreuz 1983. Grosses Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens 1986.
Bayerischer Verdienstorden 1988.
( The thrilling wartime novel that inspired Wolfgang Pete...)
(It is autumn 1941 and a German U-boat commander and his c...)
(Book by Buchheim, Lothar-Gunther)
(Autumn 1941. A U-boat is on a hazardous patrol in the Bat...)
(GERMAN.)
Author: Tage und Nåchte steigen aus dem Strom, 1941, Die Künstlergemeinschaft Brücke, 1958, Graphik des deutschen Expressionismus, 1959, Max Beckmann, 1959, Otto Mueller, 1963, Das Boot, 1973, U-Boot-Krieg, 1976, Staatsgala, 1977, Mein Paris, 1977, Die Tropen von Feldafing, 1978, Staatszirkus, 1978, Der Luxusliner, 1980, U 96, 1981, Der Film-Das Boot, 1981, Das Segelschiff, 1982, Die U-Boot-Fahrer, 1985, Das Museum in den Wolken, 1986, Zu Tode gesiegt-Der Untergang der U-Boote, 1988, Malerbuch, 1988, Ehrenbürger von Chemmitz, 1992, Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis München, 1993, Die Festung, 1995, Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1996, Jäger im Weltmeer, 1997, Bayer Maximiliansorden, 1998, Max-Pechstein-Ehrenpreis der Stadt Zwickau, 1999, Der Abschied, 2000, Goldener Ehreuring des Landkreises Weilheim-Schougau.
With German Navy.
Married Diethild Wickboldt, 1955. Children: Yves-Bruno, Nina.