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Das Boot (1982)

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Reviews Counted: 28

Fresh: 27

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 8.7/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 30 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: In the midst of World War II, as the tide turns against the Axis, a German U-boat crew is sent out to patrol the Atlantic and fire at Allied ships bringing supplies to England. The submarine also carries a press correspondent, there to report... [More]

Starring: J�rgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

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Dec 5, 1993

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08/30/07

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Das Boot, first and foremost, is an action film - but not an always engaging one.

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06/26/07

Kevin Koehler

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06/24/06

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11/01/05

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10/20/05

Chuck O'Leary

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08/12/05

Emanuel Levy

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One of the best war films ever.

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04/22/05

Michael A. Smith

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01/10/05

Philip Martin

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10/11/04

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08/30/04

Janet Maslin

New York Times

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The greatest submarine movie ever made.

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06/04/04

Jurgen Fauth

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Captures, perfectly, the claustrophobia of U-boat life.

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05/14/04

Robin Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Das Boot (The Boat) is a claustrophobic, tense, and dramatically gripping film about life aboard a German U-boat in World War 11.

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02/04/04

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality and Practice

The closest thing to being in real submarine combat that the movies will ever present.

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12/11/03

Luke Y. Thompson

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12/05/03

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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12/01/03

Brian Gibson

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11/07/03

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Every sub movie owes a debt to Das Boot for mastering the genre and setting the bar for its contemporaries.

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10/28/03

Christopher Null

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10/15/03

Rich Cline

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