Das Boot (1982)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:27
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.9/10
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... 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 from the front lines of nautical warfare. Meanwhile, the crew's captain (Jürgen Prochnow) is becoming disillusioned with the Nazi regime and with war in general. What starts out as a routine mission is soon livened up beyond the crew's expectations when their boat's surprise attack on a convoy is thwarted by a fast-moving destroyer. Battered by depth charges, the crew must pull together to survive the attacks of their unseen enemy. Widely considered to be director Wolfgang Petersen's best film and one of the finest German films ever made, DAS BOOT is stunningly realistic in its portrayal of the cramped conditions aboard a German submarine. Based on a novel by Lothar G. Buchheim, it is a striking example of an intelligent antiwar film clothed in the guise of a military thriller. [More]
Starring: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer
Starring: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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One of the best war films ever.
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The greatest submarine movie ever made. Full Review |
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Captures, perfectly, the claustrophobia of U-boat life.
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Das Boot (The Boat) is a claustrophobic, tense, and dramatically gripping film about life aboard a German U-boat in World War 11. Full Review |
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The closest thing to being in real submarine combat that the movies will ever present.
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Every sub movie owes a debt to Das Boot for mastering the genre and setting the bar for its contemporaries. Full Review |
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