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Das Boot

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19851985
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 4h 53m
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8.9/10
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Das Boot (1985)
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A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
31K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,740
208
  • Stars
    • Jürgen Prochnow
    • Herbert Grönemeyer
    • Klaus Wennemann
  • Stars
    • Jürgen Prochnow
    • Herbert Grönemeyer
    • Klaus Wennemann
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    • 30User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Edwige Pierre and Martin Semmelrogge in Das Boot (1985)
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    Jürgen Prochnow
    Jürgen Prochnow
    • Der Alte
    Herbert Grönemeyer
    Herbert Grönemeyer
    • Leutnant Werner
    Klaus Wennemann
    • Leitender Ingenieur (LI)
    Hubertus Bengsch
    • Erster Wachoffizier (I WO)
    Martin Semmelrogge
    Martin Semmelrogge
    • Zweiter Wachoffizier (II WO)
    Bernd Tauber
    Bernd Tauber
    • Obersteuermann
    Erwin Leder
    Erwin Leder
    • Johann, das Gespenst
    Martin May
    • Ullmann
    Heinz Hoenig
    Heinz Hoenig
    • Hinrich
    Uwe Ochsenknecht
    Uwe Ochsenknecht
    • Bootsmann
    Claude-Oliver Rudolph
    Claude-Oliver Rudolph
    • Ario
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    Jan Fedder
    • Pilgrim
    Ralf Richter
    Ralf Richter
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    Joachim Bernhard
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    Oliver Stritzel
    Oliver Stritzel
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    Konrad Becker
    • Bockstiegel
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    • Trivia
      The cast was deliberately kept indoors continually during the shooting period in order to look as pale as a real submarine crew would on a mission at sea.
    • Goofs
      At sea, communications between the U-boat and German Naval Command are shown decrypted on the U-boat using the Enigma machine. The machine featured, a variant with four rotors, was not introduced in the German Navy until Feb 1942 while the series takes place in fall of 1941.
    • Alternate versions
      Two different "versions": In West Germany the miniseries originally was released in 1985 as a version with three 100-minute episodes. Two years later, in 1987 the series was re-broadcast but this time consisting of six 50-minute episodes (basically, the three original episodes were split into two episodes each, which results in a total of six episodes). Each episode has a short recap at the beginning and a short preview at the end. The German 6-part version also has an alternative title for each episode: Part 1: Operation Atlantik (Operation Atlantic) Part 2: Auf Suchkurs (On Search Course) Part 3: Der erste Angriff (The First Attack) Part 4: Himmelfahrtskommando (Suicide Mission) Part 5: Auf Grund (On Ground) Part 6: In der Heimat (At Home)
    • Connections
      Edited from The Boat (1981)

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    10/10
    Epic Naval Drama
    Das Boot is considered by many one of the best war films ever made. They have been a number of versions, the theatrical cut and the director's cut. The film was financed by German television and the director Wolfgang Petersen converted it into a 6 hour mini-series. The DVD is an epic 4 hour 42 minutes, cut in a seamless fashion.

    Das Boot is a rare film, a film that tells a story of World War II from the German perspective. It shows the mission of U-96 in the winter of 1941 when the Battle of the Atlantic is turning towards Britain's favour. Britain is using the convoy system, having more supplies from the American merchant navy and the Britain navy is getting better armed, so starving the nation seems hopeless. The crew are on a simple mission of trying to sink as many British ships as possible whilst avoiding British patrol planes and destroyers, a very tough think to do. The focus of Das Boot is on the experienced war weary captain (Jürgen Prochnow) and Lieutenant Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer), a young war corespondent for the German military and an outside to their world. All the characters are individuals, treated with respected, even the only character who is a Nazi is treated like a human being. This is a complex drama about the moral of warfare and the collective spirit of serving in a submarine. It is a tough world where young men are serving in one of the most dangerous fields of war during World War II. This a conflict where they are long moments of boredom in a close environment. This can lead to conflict within the crew. Whilst when the U-Boat does find a convoy it can be a massive struggle between life and death for the whole crew.

    Das Boot is clearly Wolfgang Petersen best work. He shows the claustrophobic environment of what a U-Boat would have been like. It is a noisy environment, and it can lead to conflict within the crew, but also the crew are also close and have to be because they depend on each other. As well as the moments of boredom to show character development and debate the war, Petersen also knew when to add the tension and made Das Boot an instance experience. He also showed his skill with action. Wolfgang Petersen focused on character development, unlike his Hollywood films. He does not villainize either the British or German navies, or the people who fought in the war. Despite Das Boot is based on a fictional novel, it is one of the most accurate portrayal of naval warfare during World War II.

    Das Boot has a very 80s score to it, using modern instruments, which surprisingly works, adding to the imagines. I personally would have gone for a more classical score, but that's just me.

    A must see.
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    • Release date
      • July 31, 2016 (Poland)
      • West Germany
      • France
      • United Kingdom
      • Italy
      • German
      • French
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • La Pallice, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
    • Production companies
      • Bavaria Film
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana
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    • 4 hours 53 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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