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Advantages: The best submarine drama to date Disadvantages: Very long
It was only after watching my newly acquired copy of U-571 the other day that prompted me to dust-off my DVD of Das Boot (Director’s Cut) and give it another look.
In the past, this movie has been seen in several formats. Serialised on BBC2 and in standard movie length being two of them.
The DVD version runs for 200 minutes – and that’s just the movie! I suspect that this is closer in length to the TV mini-series in content than the normal movie.
The advantage of the DVD format, is that you can hear the soundtrack dubbed into English, or for the purist, in German with or without English* subtitles, which is, of course, much closer to the original. Tip – If you speak any German, see if you can spot the points where the somewhat primmer English subtitles deviate from the more lavatorial German dialogue ...
BNibbles 07.02.2001 (08.04.2001)
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Advantages: NONE? Disadvantages: LONG, SLOW, BORING - NEED I GO ON
After watching U-571 for the first time (which I didn’t really like) – my step-dad brought his copy of Das Boot – the directors cut on DVD.
He then preceded to tell me about the various versions of Das Boot there are, (surprisingly there are quite a few), yet this is one of the great versions as it is in it’s entirety and lasts for around three and a half hours.
The film is situated on a U-97 and the crew that man it. There is nothing else you can say about the story-line really. There are depth charges surrounding them, they do their best to maneuver around them, with a do they survive or not element (I don’t want to spoil it but there is a small twist at the ending (nothing great but un-suspecting).
There are several advantages to having the DVD I am told as you can choose which language to ...
Advantages: Best submarine film I've seen Disadvantages: German language (subtitles)
What can I say about this classic Wolfgang Petersen film? Well, I have to admit that knowing a smattering of German does help: it is subtitled, but you miss out on a lot by following that, since not every word is included. But don't let that put you off, this is *the* submarine film of all time. Forget 'U-571', forget 'Red October' or any of the others, Petersen's film gives the other side's view of WW2. Yes, all the creaking, the diving beyond maximum depth is there, but so is some superb characterization, some excellent (and genuine tension) and (how rare in a war film?) some humanity - when they are unable to pick up survivors from a sunken ship, for example.
'Das Boot' is available on video, but comes around every now again serialised on the BBC. See it. ...
rwsweet 07.08.2000
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Donald McIntyre, Hanna Schwarz, Hermann Becht, Heinz Zednik
Barcode
0044007040195
Composer
Richard Wagner
Featured
Bayreuther Festspiele
Conductor
Pierre Boulez
Music
Richard Wagner
Music Performer
Bayreuther Festspiele
Languages
Main Language
German
Subtitle Language
English, French
Technical information
Special Features
Alternative Menu Screens, Chapter Points
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Linear PCM Stereo
DVD Description
Patrice Chereau's Centenary production of Wagner's DAS RHEINGOLD (part of the Der Ring Des Nibelungen, or Ring of the Century) with music by the Bayreuther Festspiele conducted by Pierre Boulez. Brilliantly filmed at the Bayreuther Festival stage. Singers include Donald McIntyre, Heinz Zednik, Hermann Becht and Hanna Schwarz. DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - SIEGFRIED, DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - DAS RHEINGOLD, DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - DIE WALKURE, and DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN - GOTTERDAMMERUNG complete the Ring.
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