Chief Engineer — Das Boot Character Profile

About Chief Engineer

Senior technician aboard U-96. His wife illness prompts a joint request with Werner to return to Germany, which is denied by the consulate envoy. He participates in the Vigo resupply and subsequent combat operations.

Character Facts

Played by

Klaus Wennemann

Appears in

Das Boot (1981)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Chief Engineer — Professional Direct Superior — Lieutenant Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer)
• Chief Engineer — Conflict Ideological Opponent — First Watch Officer (Hubertus Bengsch)
• Chief Engineer — Alliance Crewmate — Kriechbaum (Bernd Tauber)

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