![]() The full director’s cut is currently available for purchase on Blu-ray. Each time the dive alarm sounds, the crew races to the fore, and the camera follows the scrambling young. ![]() ![]() Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Hubertus Bengsch, and Klaus Wennemann anchored the supremely masculine cast of actors, all of whom felt totally authentic in nearly every situation posed by the emotionally draining narrative. This version of Das Boot feels very realistic. I’ll never forget the final sequence to this film, once the U-boat has made its way back to port, and the Allied forces start dropping their bombs and gunning everyone down.Īfter all that these guys had gone through out in the open water, once home, they encountered a different type of hell. Shot with absorbing veracity, the film alternates mundane claustrophobia - rarely has boredom been portrayed so rivetingly - with sequences of nerve-shredding. Released in 1981 and shot for a hard-to-fathom $18.5 million, this exceedingly intense submarine thriller is likely the best film of its type, a relentless cat and mouse pursuit through murky WWII waters, with some of the most claustrophobic cinematography ever captured (the great Jost Vacano was the film’s herculean dir ector of photography). It was an absolutely unforgettable experience. 30 Reviews Hide Spoilers Sort by: Filter by Rating: Finally: The Boat We Were Meant To See gpadillo 5 October 2004 When a film about World War II has American audiences routing for the Germans, hoping and cheering them on for the success of their mission, one can only become conscious of the ultimate horror and futility of war. Photograph: Sky Deutschland AG Frank’s boat, meanwhile, is captained by the inexperienced yet flashy Klaus Hoffman, whose crisis of confidence comes early on, when he condemns a man to. In 1997, my father took me to see the full director’s cut of Wolfgang Petersen’s masterpiece Das Boot in 70mm.
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