Lothar G. Buchheim was born on February 6, 1918 in Weimar, Germany as Lothar-Günther Buchheim. He was a writer and actor, known for Das Boot (1981), Das Boot (1985) and Das Boot (2018). He was married to Diethild Wickboldt. He died on February 22, 2007 in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany.