Advantages: Dvd's last forever Disadvantages: 4 hrs is a long time
What an excellent dvd i have seen this as a mini series, video and failed to find it a boring film/series.
I have seen it with subtitles as this is how it first appeared on CH 4 i think back in 1985.
The director Wolfgang Petersen captured everything in a unique way with perfection and realism, and return he has done the book proud, the author Lothar G Buchheim should be well chuffed with Wolfgangs interpretation.
I have personal knowledge of ... ...of his stories and thoughts on his time he served on the subs.
Though this film is based on the German u boat side of the war it does not take alot to realise that both sides faced the same ordeals as each other.
In this film what becomes clear is the Mental and phsyical ordeals, thoughts and actions are what happened to the real heros of ww2, it does not matter who side who was on as all suffered the same torment and perils, like having to follow ...
zrxsheep 26.09.2005
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