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Das Boot is one of the most gripping and authentic war movies ever made. Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, the film follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey. There's very little plot, so the movie's power comes from both its riveting, epic battle scenes and its details of the
Sep 17, 1981 Wide
Dec 10, 1997
Columbia Pictures
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The film has no qualities beyond its formal polish.
Agripping, impressively detailed account of one harrowing voyage by a German U-boat during World War II.
Das Boot is yet another moving testament to the wastefulness of battle.
The film reaches right out to grab us by the neck and squeeze hard.
Wolfgang Petersen's direction is an exercise in pure craftsmanship.
This film takes all of the drama and suspense inherent in a submarine-based story and delivers it in a near- perfect package, establishing Das Boot as not just a terrific adrenaline rush, but one of the best movies ever made.
Gripping and authentic.
Few war films are more potent than Das Boot...the ultimate submarine movie. [Blu-ray]
It is unlike any other war film in that it confines the audience in a confined submarine where we digest the fear and panic of the human beings on screen. In short, "Das Boot" is a religious experience.
Just as good, some say better, than the original classic.
Petersen's shooting style displays a breathtaking, if impersonal and faintly academic, virtuosity comparable to that of Lean or Coppola.
THE submarine movie. No other sub-flick even comes close.
Consistently riveting and intensely claustrophobic, the Oscar-nominated Das Boot is one of the most thrilling submarine pictures ever made in any language, and still is Wolfgang Petersen's best film by far.
One of the best war films ever.
The greatest submarine movie ever made.
Speaking as a U.S. submarine veteran of both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, this is by far the grittiest, most realistic sub movie I've ever seen. Cinematically speaking, it's about as close as you'll ever get to knowing what the silent service is really like. *Note: Skip this one if you're claustrophobic.
December 28, 2008
Super Reviewer
An extraordinary well-made, politically savvy submarine movie concerning a group of German soldiers during WW2 who have doubts concerning the direction of the Nazi regime, but have no say in the matter when they are ordered to go out sea and search for enemy vessels. One has to give director Wolfgang Peterson a ton of
November 2, 2007Super Reviewer
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