Jan Fedder

Jan Fedder is a German actor. He is best known for his role as the crude Petty Officer Pilgrim in Wolfgang Peterson's film, Das Boot.

While filming a scene in which the U-96 is caught in a storm, Fedder lost his footing and was nearly swept off the conning tower set. Bernd Tauber (who played Navigator Kriechbaum) cried out "Mann-über-Bord!" (man overboard). Peterson did not realize at first that it was an accident and said "Good idea, Jan. We'll do that one more time!" before it came upon him. Fedder was hospitalized and his role was partially rewritten so that he was bed-ridden for some time. The footage was developed and there is a scene in which Pilgrim is nearly swept off the submarine.