Das Boot

[rhinochopig]

Just a heads up. The series (all five hours of it) is available on Play.com for only a tenner + free P&P.

Best war film ever made.

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/156395/Das-Boot-Min...

[hidetheelephants]

ALAAARRRMMMM!!!!!! Fantastic piece of cinematography, and the only realistic drama set in a sub I've ever seen. Every other effort is spoilt by making the sets far too spacious; even modern subs are fairly claustrophobic, WW2 subs must have been a nightmare.

[FourWheelDrift]

Looks like the subtitled original German version that I already have. I think they did a dubbed version as well but this is the one to have.

[Mojocvh]

FourWheelDrift said:

Looks like the subtitled original German version that I already have. I think they did a dubbed version as well but this is the one to have.

"It's a long way to Tipperary"

[strudel]

Worth getting over the film then? (Which is sat on my pvr waiting to be watched)

[speedtwelve]

"Ja, Herr Kaleu"

Excellent. For anyone who hasn't sat through Das Boot, do it. Preferably all at once for maximum fatigue realism. Turn up the AV volume & subwoofer to 11 so that even your neighbours will think they're being depth charged. "Schiesse!......."

Edit: Strudel: The 'movie' version is still great at 3+ hours long, but there's the odd continuity confusion, and it's obvious in places that chunks have been edited out, particularly involving 'Gibraltar'. As a stand-alone film it's fine, but you probably won't want to go back and watch each of the TV episodes afterwards. Given the choice, go for the whole multi-part TV DVD instead.

Edited by speedtwelve on Wednesday 27th May 22:36

[Red Firecracker]

strudel said:

Worth getting over the film then? (Which is sat on my pvr waiting to be watched)

Oh yes, it's how Petersen intended it to be viewed.

[FourWheelDrift]

I think when I first saw it, it was on BBC2 at 6pm or 7pm weekdays in a series of half hour episodes. Might have been a bit longer.

[kiteless]

Classic film!

Was it "The Phantom" that looked after the engine room, listening to the diesels with a stethoscope? Scary looking bloke!

[williamp]

I think the flm was made from the Tv series- edited together to make one (very long) film. Still ane xcellent film, but the series is soo much better.

And perhaps the only time on camera an actor playing a German has never said "maybe without this war we would have been friends?"

[FourWheelDrift]

kiteless said:

Classic film!

Was it "The Phantom" that looked after the engine room, listening to the diesels with a stethoscope? Scary looking bloke!

Sort of, more or a hearing trumpet though.

[Zad]

I don't know about spacious, it was filmed on a handheld Arriflex in a precise replica of the original submarine type.

[Red Firecracker]

kiteless said:

Classic film!

Was it "The Phantom" that looked after the engine room, listening to the diesels with a stethoscope? Scary looking bloke!

Johann 'The Ghost'

[TEKNOPUG]

speedtwelve said:

Preferably all at once for maximum fatigue realism. Turn up the AV volume & subwoofer to 11 so that even your neighbours will think they're being depth charged. "Schiesse!......."

Genius!

[hugo a gogo]

FourWheelDrift said:

Looks like the subtitled original German version that I already have. I think they did a dubbed version as well but this is the one to have.

the original german was dubbed! it was filmed silently because the cameras made too much noise
the german cast did their own english dubbing too

[eccles]

The book is worth persevering with. It's quite a long read and in some parts is a little long winded, but a very good book all the same.

[peterperkins]

290 Meters!!!

They certainly built those U-BOATS, could go down about 2-3 times as deep as the British and American Baked Bean cans

High Tensile all welded steel construction.

We had to re-design our depth charges when we realised they were sitting 100m underneath them.

One of my all time favourite films, only saved by a shovelful of sand.

Best in German with English subs if reqd.http://www.uboat.net/index.html

Edited by peterperkins on Thursday 28th May 21:01

[badgers_back]

Stunning film you have to watch it in German with English subtitles

The sub was reused for raider of the lost arc Badgerboytruefact

[kiteless]

Red Firecracker said:

kiteless said:

Classic film!

Was it "The Phantom" that looked after the engine room, listening to the diesels with a stethoscope? Scary looking bloke!

Johann 'The Ghost'

Of course

[Simpo Two]

Slightly OT but relevant - U-boats undiscovered until 1985: www.uboat.net/history/hamburg_elbe2.htm