Lieutenant Werner

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Lieutenant Werner is the young war correspondent aboard the German U-boat in the 1981 film "Das Boot," serving as the audience’s perspective on the crew’s harrowing World War II submarine mission.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
allegiance Kriegsmarine NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany
appearsIn Das Boot NERFINISHED
basedOn unnamed war correspondent in Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s novel "Das Boot"
characterArc gains understanding of the psychological toll of submarine warfare
conflict World War II
countryOfService Germany NERFINISHED
filmCountryOfOrigin West Germany NERFINISHED
filmDirector Wolfgang Petersen NERFINISHED
genre submarine film
war film
introducedIn 1981
languageOfWork German
medium film
militaryRank Lieutenant
narrativeFunction audience surrogate
nationality German
notableCharacteristic inexperienced in combat at the start of the film
occupation war correspondent
perspective civilian outsider among professional sailors
portrayedIn Das Boot (1981 film) NERFINISHED
role narrative viewpoint character
observer
servesOn German U-boat
setting Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
submarine warfare
vesselType U-boat NERFINISHED

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Das Boot (1981 film) character Lieutenant Werner