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Das Boot (1981)
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This is the restored, 209-minute director's cut of Wolfgang Petersen's harrowing and claustrophobic U-boat thriller, which was theatrically re-released in 1997. Originally made as a six-hour miniseries, this version devotes more time to getting to know the crew before they and their stoic captain (Jürgen Prochnow) get aboard their U-boat and find themselves stranded at the bottom of the sea. Das Boot puts you inside that submerged vessel and explores the physical and emotional tensions of the situation with a vivid, terrifying realism that few movies can match. As Petersen tightens the screws and the submerged ship blows bolts,...
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| Das Boot Movie Review by David (8/17/2007) |
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This one of better war thrillers, and they just don't make them like this anymore. I haven't seen the film, but heard that it was fantastic. It is an extremely realistic view of madness and tension. It is still very terrifying how claustrophobic this film really is. I've seen the previews, and trailers of the movie, and...
(complete Das Boot review by David)
| Das Boot Movie Review by Douglas (8/17/2007) |
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If you had six stars I would give it a six. This movie is a far cry from the usual, sanitized U-boat and American submarine movies, i.e. The Enemy Below. You can almost taste and smell the diesel oil, rotting food, and foul body odors. The movie has you rooting for the Germans. They're not Nazis. In fact, you can...
(complete Das Boot review by Douglas)
Das Boot (1981) is a marvelous and suspenseful World War II movie that is historically based on the submarine; its commander and crew; and one of 8 patrols conducted by U-96 between 14 September 1940 and 01 April 1942.
A war correspondent, Sonderführer-Leutnant Lothar-Günther Buchheim (Herbert Grönemeyer), accompanied...
(complete Das Boot review by David Hurlbert)
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