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The Boat 1981

Wolfgang Petersen

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge

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Noah Rymer 2 years ago

very long, but worth it. shows the difference between Govt. and soldiers .

Doug Stratton almost 5 years ago

Gritty, realistic and thrilling. A proper war movie.

Grant davies almost 5 years ago

So very good. Nice twist

Marco almost 5 years ago

Movie is special, long and boring. I watched it several times and well... it's too long.

Devon Worrell almost 5 years ago

Gritty, real and best watched in German version

melvyne edwards over 5 years ago

on the edge

ivann over 5 years ago

best real U-boot film..

David Guinchard almost 6 years ago

Great sub movie! Better with sub-titles as dubbed voices are at times comically bad

Jarrod Spillers almost 6 years ago

most authentic ww2 sub movie ever

Dan Kearns almost 6 years ago

From original 10s list

John Barton 6 years ago

Totally amazing. To hold such tension over 3 hours is excellent directing.

Dominic Dirupo 6 years ago

Claustrophobic. Acting and direction are first rate

Justinas Jarukaitis 3 months ago

Michelle Arostegui 4 months ago

Waleed Hussein 10 months ago

Jonathan Evans over 1 year ago

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Parker Childers almost 2 years ago

Alice Albescu 2 years ago

Markus Bonnevier 2 years ago

Das Boot (German pronunciation: [das ˈboːt], "The Boat") is a 1981 German epic war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a TV miniseries, and in several different home video versions of various running times. Das Boot is an adaption of the 1973 German novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Set during World War II, the film tells the fictional story of U-96 and its crew. It depicts both the excitement of battle and the tedium of the fruitless hunt, and shows the men serving aboard U-boats as ordinary individuals with a desire to do their best for their comrades and their country. The screenplay used an amalgamation of exploits from the real U-96, a Type VIIC-class U-boat commanded by Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, one of Germany's top U-boat "tonnage aces" during the war. Development for Das Boot began in 1979...