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Without question Das Boot (The Boat) is the best U-boat film of all time. forget the pap and factual inaccuracies of "U571" & humdrum "Saving Private Ryan", if you want the realities of war track down The Boat.
I was fortunate to view & tape all 6 hourly episodes when it was broadcast on the BBC 10 years ago, and even though the sound quality back then was very basic stereo you don't really need all this pro-logic & DVD kit to "feel" the claustrophobia smother you within a cramped u boat.
I've seen the Director's Cut, and the dubbed DVD version and although good they don't do the film justice.
It's typical of the Germans to take an objective view of their part in the war. There is no sterotypes here, no jackbooted thickos waving their arms in the air. Just ordinary young men serving their country for an ideal they do/don't support and suffering the nightmares of either being blown out of the water by depth charges or crushed by water pressure 200 metres down.
The most outstanding character is the captain, superbly played by Jurgen Prochnow. Here we have an ordinary man who has some limited tactical skills but he is realistic enough to know that sooner or later his fate will take him.
Further, the captain is not a hero, more the opposite. He makes decisions which sometimes turn out to be bad mistakes; he is scared & cynical, especially of the Hitler Youth types and Party members who wouldn't know a sub from a hole in the ground.
There is not one weak link in the film apart from the rather predictable ending - just a little overdone for my liking.
Imagine spending 80 days in a cramped, smelly submarine, sleeping in other people's sweaty bedsheets, sharing only one toilet, not being allowed to see the sky or breath fresh air AND then having to worry about the enemy!!!
Forget "U571" and to some extents "Hunt For Red October", "The Boat", will be a ride you will never forget.
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Production Year: 1970 - War - Director: Brian G. Hutton - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland, Don Rickles, Gavin MacLeod
Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96 one of the ... more
famed German U-Boats known as 'The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew aboard the U-96 is portray...
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From the Director of Air Force One and In The Line Of Fire. 'Das Boot' is a graphic and ... more
gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96, one of the famed German U-Boats known as 'The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic, they challenged the B...
Advantages: A good war film with a different perspective, a well made film, well directed Disadvantages: At 3 hours and 20 minutes the film is quite long
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Advantages: A good war film with a different perspective, a well made film, well directed Disadvantages: At 3 hours and 20 minutes the film is quite long
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