Das Boot

Discussion in 'Books, Films, TV, Radio' started by Cpl Rootes, Mar 23, 2008.

  1. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    Agreed

    One of my top 3. A classic!
     
  2. DoreenC

    DoreenC Member

    Amazing movie. The incredible filming of such cramped quarters had such a real feel it actually made me feel claustrophobic.
     
  3. DanielG

    DanielG Senior Member

    The first depth-charging had me cringing more than any of the combat scenes in 'Private Ryan'.
     
  4. Marco

    Marco Senior Member

  5. Andreas

    Andreas Working on two books

    They should do something like that with Ken Tout's 'A Fine Night for Tanks'

    All the best

    Andreas
     
  6. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    Great Film and even the 1991 techno-song wasn't bad!

    U96 - Das Boot - YouTube

    Regards,

    Marco
    I do enjoy that U-96 song, reminds me of the raves I used to go to!!
     
  7. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

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    http://www.dw.de/das-boot-actor-otto-sander-dies/a-17085702
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24069872
     
  8. Mike L

    Mike L Very Senior Member

    Just to point out, Sander wasn't the commander of the U-boat which was the main subject of the film, he was commander of another U-boat.

    From Wiki:
    Otto Sander as Kapitänleutnant Philipp Thomsen: An alcoholic and shell-shocked U-boat commander, who is a member of "The Old Guard". When he is introduced, he is extremely drunk and briefly mocks Winston Churchill on the stage of a French nightclub. (In the audio commentary of the director's-cut DVD, Petersen says that Sander was really drunk while they were shooting the scene.) Sometime after U-96 departs, Thomsen is deployed once again and the two submarines meet randomly in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. After failing to make contact later, the Captain is forced to report to HQ that Thomsen is missing.

    The commander of the main U-boat followed in 'Das Boot' (U96) was:
    Jürgen Prochnow as Kapitänleutnant (abbr. "Kaleun", German pronunciation: [kaˈlɔɪ̯n]) and also called "Der Alte" ("The Old Man") by his crew: A 30-year-old battle-hardened sea veteran, who complains to Werner that most of his crew are boys.

    Fantastic perfomances from all of the cast, and the production values were phenomenal.

    Hollywood will never produce a better film than the Germans managed in 1981.
     
  9. Joe Brown

    Joe Brown WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Great film and a treasured DVD. Glad I never realised my boyhood dream of being a submariner!

    Joe
     
  10. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Anyone who has seen this film will remember the Scene where the late Otto Sander played a U-Boat Commander who had drunk himself silly and had to be picked up off the floor in the toilets by Herbert Grönemeyer and Jürgen Prochnow.

    As stated, a most excellent film.

    :poppy: R.I.P. Otto Sander :poppy:

    Regards
    Tom
     
  11. sandwichery

    sandwichery Junior Member

    One of the most believable war movies ever made. Rest in peace Herr Sander.
     
  12. Wills

    Wills Very Senior Member

  13. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

  14. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

  15. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Adam,
    I look forward to seeing it, but it will take something rather special to eclipse Das Boot.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  16. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

  17. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Well, making it include the activities of the resistance in the town will definitely broaden the show's scope. That's intriguing!
     

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