Reaction To Das Boot (1981) - Konvoi Angriff
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- Reaction To Das Boot (1981) - Konvoi Angriff
This is my reaction to Das Boot (1981) - Konvoi Angriff
In this video I react to a scene from German war movie Das Boot feature a convoy attack.
Original Video - • Das Boot (1981) - Conv...
One of the best German movies ever.
no need for the "german" qualifier there. :P
@@JohnDoe-xz1mw due to that most German movies are creapy and epic shit it is needed that it is a German and good movie.
@@Thorgridsonbut you called it "one of the best" which suggests that there are a lot more German movies who are on this level.
@@danketsu-seyo true, maybe I find by long search 1 or 2 movies from Germany that are good too, so I never can say it is the best if there is a little chance to find something same good or better, maybe I know something but its actually not in my mind.... so "all", "nothing", "best" or "worst" are words I try to not use in most context.
THE best German movie. 😉
I'm from Poland, but this movie (and the series) is one of the best I've ever seen.
You can smell the War ! Great Movie 🎬
Shouldn't be any "but" in your comment. Things "happened" way before we were Born (I guess). Take care ;)
There are 2 series: One from 1984 and anotherone for Sky from 2018. The series from 1984 was great, almost as good as movie. The series from 2018 was not bad, but by far not as good as the stuff from 80s. All is based on a book - or rather three novels "Das Boot" - "Die Festung" and "Der Abschied" for the modern series - by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Im pretty sure there is a Polish translation for those novels.
@@Ugh-wg4rrThe movie was made and cut of the 5 hours series from 1984..🤓
@@martinkasper197 Nope, the movie was released in 1981; the series three years later in 1984 (BBC) or 1985 in Germany. So rather the other way around.
It's said that the movie and the cast was so convincing that international audiences believed Jürgen Prochnow to be a real submarine commander.😁
What a pity, that Thomas Kretschmann or Christoph Waltz were a little bit too young or unknown back then. This would have given me a real blast
"Amerikaner" 😂
I think, Jürgen Prochnow is outstanding in this movie. His acting goes under your skin and shows the insanity of war, no matter which side you were on in those days. You could see that the rules change when people go through hardship. In the end, standing together as a crew and humanity was more important than what was expected from them by the regime. The entire cast showed this process and how you can not get away with being "inhuman" cause just everybody is (a) human after all...
Ja
@@brittakriep2938 Ey, jetzt wo Du es sagst: Parole Chicago! Das war geil. Ach, die guten alten Zeiten.
Not just this scene (which actually seems relatively harmless), no, the whole film is extremely intense, from start to finish. Especially because of the sensational performances of the actors. This film is an absolute recommendation. Watch it in full.
Believe us. It's one of the best , iconic film in history.
Das Boot is must see cinema!
No, not necessarily. With a 5.1 sound system you don't need the cinema. The director cut version will blast you away with its surround sounds.
Best German movie ever.
A friend of mine who served as a soldier in the British Rhine Army told me in the late 90s, that the movie was aired as a series in GB. He said that the streets were empty when it was on the telly program back then.
Bit of a fun fact for you lads: There's a very iconic scene where a crewman, Pilgrim, is washed overboard by a huge wave during a storm... this was not planned, the actor was actually washed away by the water, fell down the set and seriously injured himself. The rest of the movie, he's bedridden, cause the actor had a severe concussion and a couple broken ribs. When not on set, he was treated in a hospital.
Another interesting tidbit: When the actor was washed away, one of the other actors was so sunken into his role, he yelled "man overboard!".
Jan Fedder?! Didn't know that...
His best (improvised!) line in best hamburg slang:"Hey you, do you got hairs in your nose? ... I got some in my arse, so we can knot them together!" Kind of alpha-man gesture.
BTW: Jan Fedder synchronized various persons in the Werner-movie.
Yes. The actor missed the timing of the (artificially made) waves crashing into the tower. He got thrown back by the blow of water and smashed into the „basket“.
The director reportedly exclaimed: „That looked AWESOME! 🤩 Let’s do it again!“ LOL
@@taxiuniversum”Faster. More intense.” 😂
Great Movie for sure! And it still holds up. As a kid on a School Trip I went into that Submarine at Babelsberg Studios. BTW Stephen Spielberg borrowed the U-Boat for the 1981 Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark. 🙂
There are basically 2 Versions of this Movie, on as Cinema Feature, and a looong "Director's Cut", which is what aired as a Mini-Series on German TV.
A lot of people nowadays are unaware that the Reporter Character on the Boat (present in this clip, blond) is Herbert Grönemeyer, the musician.
As for "Nazi Submarine"... at least the characters in this movie present just 1 fanatic on the U-Boat, everyone else are just Sailors.
"Just sailors" is an oversimplification. There are certainly more people on board who glorify the regime. But this one fanatic is certainly much more of what most people think of when they think of Nazis.
There are even 3 versions of "Das Boot": The original movie (1981, 149 min.), the "Directors Cut" (1997, 200min.) and the TV mini-series (1985, 309 min. split into 3 (british TV) - 6 (german TV) parts - imho the best of the 3 cuts)
All of these versions are just different cuts of the same material. It was filmed with the TV series in mind, but the movie version was released first for economic reasons (if they had released the mini series first, no one would've watched the movie version)
The sub is in Munich, Bavaria, not Babelsberg.
Thedirectors cut hss nothing to do with the 6 episode series. Directors cut runs 3h 28m and contwind the original movie plusa few scenes from the 6 episode tv series. All episodes of the tv series play about 5 hours completely including lt. Werners comments like from a diary.
Das Boot is a masterclass in movie making.
If there is one category the German movie industry can compete in internationally, it is bleak and realistic (anti-)war movies.
Not tales of heroes like Hollywood often produces but a look at the horror of war and what it does to the people affected by it.
If you watch das Boot and can deal with a 3 1/2 hour movie I would recommend director's cut.
If you can deal with a 5.5 hour movie, i recommend the TV-Series cut ;)
@@thomasnieswandt8805where is the tv series found? I’ve been trying to locate for like 5 years! lol
@@JoshDeCoster in germany netflix had it for a while, don't know about it now, got myself the bluerays
The soundtrack is really amazing and nails everything to the point
The little clip doesn't say much. You really got to see the whole movie. The translations are a little off but you still get the atmosphear.
Really, watch it. It's worth it!
This scene has been cut. The long chase with the destroyer in the middle is missing. The most impressive scenes in the film are actually the scenes in which the submarine hides underwater and is chased and shot at by Allied ships.
It was normally customary for shipwrecked people to be rescued, but during the war the Laconia Befehl (Laconia order) was issued, which prohibited this. The reason was the sinking of the Laconia where the German submarine captain did this and informed the Allies by radio, the German submarine was then attacked. After that, the submarines were forbidden to rescue shipwrecked people.
It was also a risk where the rescuing ships would be left behind by the convoy and alone in the Atlantic only to be hit by a later submarine spotting the loner trying to catch up. The risks in the Atlantic were too great for humanitarian actions.
The German sub was literally carrying survivors on its hull and towing lifeboats. It had radioed its position and guaranteed safety to allied ships which might come to offload the survivors. It was still bombed by two Amerikastani B 24 bombers which were very aware that it was loaded with survivors, and despite this war crime the bomber crews were given medals. Sickening.
@@BillPurkayastha In the Nuremberg Trials the Grand Admiral Donetiz, the Commander of the Submarine Fleet, highlighted this incident during the trial. He stayed that the American pilots should also be on court for War Crime. He tirn the table on the with the court officials that they even turn off his mic.
Put of all of the Senior Nazi officials in court, he had the lightest sentence of ten years. He died in 1980.
I think this section actually gives a good glimpse on how the movie is. It's super slow, super fast, very tense, very pressing in some scenes, and, like with the sailors being left on their boat it's also very harsh in showing the terror and atrocities committed during a war.
I really like it, but it's hard to watch. I feel like it's getting harder each time, because I'm getting more empathic on my old days.
Like the commanding officer, he did what was expected of him and at times he seemed proud of his skills but he also was aware of what his actions meant to fellow sailors. Great writing, directing and acting.
Wolfgang Petersen once said in an interview, that when the movie was first shown in USA, people cheered during the prologue. It explains that 30,000 german saylors of 40,000 died in the "U-Boot-War". When the movie ended, the audience stayed silent and shocked. During the movie you see young handsome and careless guys becoming old very fast, desperate, hopeless - and dead. It is not just a movie, it is based on the diary notes of Lothar-Günther Buchheim who wrote the original book more than 30 years after serving his time as german press officer on/in U 96 - "The Boat".
Both sides are depicted as humans in this movie. Different characters tossed into this terror. And while you hardly see the allies, it is clear they are just doing their best to survive and protect their people as well.
Music.: Klaus Doldinger. Famous Jazz Musician & Movie composer. Born 1936 in Berlin ( Music of "Never ending Story" an additional masterpiece)
For me this is the best movie ever made. It's clearly an anti-war movie, it shows the war like it was. The contrast between absolute boredom when they cruise weeks without anything to do and the sheer terror when they dive , chased by destroyers and the water bombs come so close. It shows the war, dirty, cruel , merciless and without the whole "Hollywood-glory" that American war movies tend to have. Besides that, the movie is technically brilliant, stunning camera-work, thrilling sound-effects and the cast is unbelievably good. Jürgen Prochnow in the role of his life. Everyone needs to see this movie, preferably the original mini-series or at least the directors cut.
Masterpiece. Best U-Boat movie ever worldwide up to today. Shows the very realistic life of the crew in those times. Not too spectacular, not too dramatic, just intense and very realistic with all (many) ups and downs. I recommend to see the movie first, and then the series second, which shows even more detail. Note: for most actors it was their first big role, and they nailed it. Many starting careers after that. I´ve seen the film more than 10 times and the series 4 times, still counting.
Btw: watch film as directors cut!
This scene in the film is a very important one. The Laconia Order (Triton Zero) prohibited submarines of the German Navy from making any attempts to rescue shipwrecked people from sunken enemy ships. It was issued on September 17, 1942 by the submarine commander Admiral Karl Dönitz. This was preceded by the torpedoing of the Laconia off the coast of West Africa by a German submarine and the subsequent rescue operation for shipwrecked people by German and Italian submarines, which were attacked by United States Army Air Forces bombers.
Tip: Get the soundtrack, listen to "Heimkehr" with headphones on. Feel the cylinders and valves of the Diesel engines moving at high speed. Feel the energy, the eagerness, the happieness of the crew to get home.
I was around 10 years old when I first saw this movie. 40 years later: Brilliant movie, brilliant music by Klaus Doldinger!
It's a film based on a book based on the diaries of actual crew-members. It's simply put the most realistic depiction of war and extremely well written, directed, filmed and acted out.
The book was writen by the war reporter (Lt Werner in the Movie), he wasnt a crew member
Das Boot is a very special movie... and it's scenes like this that emphasize why. There's just so much going on emotionally, the tension when they stalk the convoy, the thrill when they go into pursuit and launch their torpedos, then there's the intense scene where the submarine crew sets out to sink a burning ship.
But what really ties this all together masterfully is the gut-punch, when it is revealed that there were still crew on board the burning ship. This is why this is a great anti-war movie. There is no glory in victory.
Indeed, still one of the best German movies. Great Story, great actors.
The most impressive part of the film is the emergency diving. The camera runs with the actors and the gates are as small as it looks like. The „boat“ can be found at the Bavaria Filmstudio near Munich. I had been there with my classmates in the mid 80th and it is as narrow an claustrophobic as the movie looks like. Most respect for the actors and the film crew for their efforts in 1981.
You should definitely watch and react to the whole movie. A stunning masterpiece! There is a scene where they try to get away from the enemy by diving as deep as possible until the entire boat almost breaks. This is soo intense, it feels like we were in there with them. You hear every sound of the boat, you feel the fear of the people... It's just wow.
Looking forward for your reaction.
Greetings from Berlin 😎
I once was in the (probably copied) set of that sub on a movie tour in Munich. Without knowing every inch of that submarine, it is impossible to run through, especially when carrying a heavy
Camera! So kudos to the camera man!
All in all a true masterpiece of a movie. Jürgen Prochnow (the captain) had a nice little Hollywood career after that movie. Herbert Groenemeyer quit acting shortly after that movie and is one of the most acclaimed musicians in german pop culture-til today. If you haven't watched "Der Weg" already, it's definitely worth watching.
Not sure if they meanwhile have a copy of the set because of it aging... but the film was shot in the Bavaria Film Studios in Munich - and that was, where the original set is located and was later made availbe for the studio tours.
The movie was filmed with an exeptional small handheld camera. The main reason was to capture the view inside the narrow set. It should look like the spectators see everything inside the boat through the eyes of a crew member
@@larakra The "JostiCam" (small for that time..). Look for DFF + JostiCam for Pics and story (DFF = German Film Museum)
@@ThorDyrden so it was the original Set I visited. So long ago- couldn't remember. Fuchur was also on that Studio Tour
That's the best German movie of all time, and especially that scene is the most intense moment I've ever seen. I cried seeing it the first time, when the commander said "half engines back".😢10:23
just a hint, because I looked it up if netflix has it: they have the 5 episode series.
yes, das boot was a a movie that is close to 5 hours long, then got cut down to a 2h movie or so because nobody wants to watch 5 hours. but it was also turned into a mini-series with 5 episodes.
My Netflix doesn't show the series, but I have the 6 part version on my hard drive, as it was released for TV around 1985, be it in 16:9 ratio. Each part is around 52 minutes.
@@Sander-zj3wi yes, sounds about right. there are quite a few cuts out there
LOL MY FAVOURITE MOVIE!!!
Greetings from germany.
I watched das Boot two times and dont regret it. Its a kind of movie you want to watch once in a while because its SO captivating and touching ❤
I can`t speak for the whole bunch of your watchers, but I would highly appreciate and love to see your reaction to this extraordinary film making of German WW2 history (which speaks for all of soldiers in world wars) , together with "Der Untergang" (Downfall) the best movie in this genre. You are a great guy, intelligent, curious and surely with a big heart, it seems to me! Like your work a lot, keep on sailing.... greetings from Germany. 👏👍👋
This is one of the best and most exciting films I have ever seen. Rarely does a film depict the horrors of war as vividly as this one, and no other submarine movie conveys the claustrophobia, dampness, and hopelessness so intensely. The emotions are ambivalent. You root for the crew, worry for the victims, and wish for both success and failure. Only few other films dealing with the German side of World War II express such antipathy toward the military leadership and the Führer, yet obedience prevails, and everyone does what they must. The sympathy you develop for the crew makes you hope they return home safely and unscathed.
A film featuring the crème de la crème of German acting talent.
A movie I've probably watched 30 times and can watch again and again.
I just say, folks, go watch it.
What makes it special is the fact that the movie show real life on board and the set show exactly the inside of a real Type 7 U-boot. So you can see how small it is.
It came out in the cinema but it was also released as a 6-part mini-series on TV. 1 hour per episode...
If you take a day off and binge all 6 episodes, you will feel like you were on board. Super intense and made with utmost attention to detail.
The tower-prop (made from steel as it had to be able to withstand huge amounts of water from a water slide) was later borrowed for one of the Indiana Jones movies and then came back to Bavaria Studios near Munich.
The inside of the boat is contained in what looks like a rather unassuming, huge tube from the outside. It's just kinda parked there on the Bavaria Studios lot in between other buildings and you could just walk by without noticing much.
During filming the whole thing was mounted on giant hydraulic actuators and could be manipulated to steep angles and shaken around. It still exists, I had the honour a few years ago to get a private tour, just me, while it waa not on public display. I helped filming a music video at Bavaria in a "jail cell" on a sound stage next door and I happened to ask just the right guy. When you walk into the tube you ARE inside the boat. At the time there was no power, no light, which made it all the more creepy.
The Diesel machines are actual WW2 surplus U-Boat diesels, not just built props. Everything is kinda real in there, all metal, you can easily bump your head and going through the round pressure doors within the boat is certainly not for everyone.
People kept lifting blankets and pillows from the bunk beds, about the only thing removable in there.
For the later stages of the film, when everyone is supposed to be kaput and tired, director Wolfgang Petersen kept all the actors on the lot, no sleep, no hotel room, just hanging together in costume, some alcohol from what I heard... They look hung-over because they were!
One guy broke a leg in one scene, going overboard during one of the huge waves. The actors just kept on acting, someone yelled "man overboard" and they rescued him, cameras kept rolling. They kept it in the movie and added scenes of him being cared for throughout the rest of the movie and being unloaded on a stretcher towards the end.
A masterpiece of film making.
An early use of steadicam with added gyroscopes (the running shot through the boat) also constantly worked and improved on by DOP Jost Vacano. And massive undertakings to get the sound right, which won an Oscar.
Mind you, no computers. Even the WW2 planes over the actual port in France were real, so were the "explosions". Head- pyrotechnician's nickname was "Charlie-Boom-Boom".
Music by Klaus Doldinger speaks for itself.
One of a best German movies ever ❤👍
2:06 The moon is a light source. A full moon makes it easier for the enemy to spot your sub, so they are not very happy about it.
There you saw Lt. Werner, played by Herbert Grönemeyer, to whom you reacted as musician.
„Das Boot“ is not just an extraordinary german film. It is nothing less but THE german film. Unmatched so far.
The long version of this film, made for TV, gives the best impression of the feelings during such a long U-boat mission.
definitely one of the best uboat movies ever.... story written by a guy who was on such a boat in the time.
Yes, that's why he wrote the novel this film is based on. He wanted to clean his soul from all these hurtful memories.
He was represented excellently by Herbert Grönemeyer, the guy in the brown pullover.
If you ever come to Bavaria, visit his great art museum. It is a must-see!
You probably ask yourself why the submarine gone backwards instead of rescuing the survivors in the water:
There was the laconia order from the german high command:
in the mediteran sea 3 submarines rescued the survivors of a sunken ship.
they rigged the rescue boats and where on the way back to the shores.
they told uncoded on radio that this is a rescue mission.
then an american bomber came and attacked the submarines.
so the laconia order (that was the name of the ship where the survivors came from) was given:
it was strictly forbidden to rescue survivors.
I had been around various set pieces- including inside the full size submarine model they had built for the interior shots - as a child. The holes between the different sealable sections of the sub are hard to crawl through even at slow speed - but during filming, the cameraman literally RAN through all of them WITH CAMERA IN HAND! That in and of itself is astonishing!
Also, back then I learned many things from people who had first hand knowledge of filming.
For instance that during breaks, the crew would be sitting together on separate tables according to the military ranks they held in the movie.
Not, because anyone had told them to. But because they had internalized it that much.
Many years later, I worked as a cabby in Munich. I got a call to pick up passengers at Bavaria Film (where most of the movie was made). I think it was maybe at 2 or 3 in the morning. When I pulled up, I was a bit stunned that it was much of the core crew who entered my Volkswagen T5 taxi bus! 🤯
They came from an anniversary meeting, obviously were somewhat intoxicated and in a good mood.
One of the best cast for any German Movie including famous German Singer Herbert Grönemeyer.
I was a fan of Herbert Grönemeyer, no more, since his role during Covid pandemy when he was fully in line with the governments policy.
One of the (if not the) best war movies ever! Must see!!
its an iconic movie, and shows every part of this horrible war
Best movie ever...
I love this movie. I need to watch it every few years. But it leaves me devastated any time. Really puts me into a strange mood.
Looking forward to the full reaction 🙂
Seeing a lot of former belligerent nationalities chime in, my hat is off to you all.
From Norway here, our merchant marine lost 1319 merchant ships to Uboats in total. Learning about Uboat's existence and generally how they operated is almost mandatory.
I also have an interest in Uboats, having played Submarine sims for decades (yeah I know, but we all geek out on something).
It doesn't get more realistic than this.
I could go on with trivia, but the comments got it covered so lemme come with some technical details that the movie also got right:
They nailed the S3 TDC (Torpedo Data Controller) spot on, which IRL is only as good as the data that was put in it spot on.
3:15 for reference, it needs distance, angle on bow and speed determined and put in, that red light going off means it has a valid solution.
The MAN/Germaniawerft M6V Diesel engines look and sound just like they're supposed to, the whole interior is painstakingly recreated from a real Uboat which they then put on enormous tilt mechanisms etc.
This is the best ww2 naval movie ever produced, and it's the best German movie/show produced bar none (not to diss Bruno Gantz, r.i.p). Wolfgang Petersen (also r.i.p) made every effort and it shows, when it comes to this stuff I'd take 1 of him to 10 Michael Bay's.
If you don't watch this movie it's your loss.
There are 6 Parts in the Series. Each 52 Minutes. All together 309 Minutes. The man with the red Hair, Leutnant Werner, was played by Herbert Grönemeyer, one of the most famous german Singer Songwriter. Most Actors in the Cast are Voice Actors for Movies and TV Series. Greetings from Austria.😀😀😀
This movie was Wolfgang Petersen, the director, and Jürgen Prochnows, the captain, ticket to Holywood. Petersen directed for example 'Airforce No. 1', 'Ememy Mine', 'Outbreak' and Troja.
Would love to see you react to it. I watched it several times, and it gets me every time. The music and sound is amazing as well as everything else.
I think something needs to explained: That they shoot another torpedo at the burning ship was because a burning ship pretty much is like a beacon for the royal Navy that says a german submarine is nearby. That's why it's better if they sink ASAP.
The reason why they don't rescue the survivors is this: At the beginning of the war the german submarines did. But it then they got attacked during the rescues to the german submarines became the order that it is forbidden to do rescue operations on the enemies crews.
As this scene is very brutal, I wished they movie would have it explained, as not everyone knows why they are retreating instead of recueing the survivors.
...but better you watch the 6 hours series. It's much more complicated in characters und much more tense.
But you have to watch it in the right mindset. It is not an action movie. It's the journey of this crew. And spoiler alert: the Germans did not win the war
A Masterpiece whatch the Mini Series Version
But still the 1980's Version, Not the Sky 2020 shit.
Top10 movie for all Time!!!!
There is a 5 hour version of this movie - as a series of course. That's the version how it's meant to be. Have you seen Master & Commander? Watch it with headphones to get the best immersion of it. The 5-hour-version of Das Boot is more immersive and more intense. And that's because the actors of Das Boot were marinated in their own juices. For all on-board-scenes nothing was changed. They started with fresh food and ended up with moldy bread. I think no one had fun filming. But at the end I think it's the best german movie/series ever made.
among my personal fav's about the Uboot wars. There's only one story which I even rate higher, but it was never put in a movie.
You will see the captain, Jürgen Prochnow later appear as The Bad Guy in hollywood action movies.
One of the crewmen, Martin Semmelrogge has very unique biography for a german celeb.
The Uboot war was a dramatic chapter during WW2, high rewards in the beginning, massive losses in the end. Churchill rated the submarine ware fare as the one thing that could have broken Britains back. 789 boats were sunk, 30.000 out of 40.000 crewmen died, one sub even fled to south america, two were captured by the americans - one with a functional enigma and an other one with 2 japanese officers and the source material the later nuclear bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki were made of - german uranium oxyde for the japanese (U234), surrendering after the german capitulation - which triggered the onboard japanese officers to commit suicide. There's still a debate whether the US didn't have the necessary amount of fissile material except for that catch.
btw. the nukes fell 3 months only after the german capitulation ...
The making-of story is equally captivating.
You have to see this film in a cinema... a must for every movie fan!
Damals noch im Kino gesehn. Einfach Klasse
I was on the set in the submarine props in the bavaria studio, next to the engine. it's seriously narrow. and they filmed in that thing.
back then, as far as I can remember, they had a blue plastic foil to protect it from weather.
I have watched the film several times, it is simply a masterpiece. Now I watched your face, one can see all the emotions, the exitement when the hunt starts, the grief and horror at the end. This movie already caught you.
Another masterpiece is the RUclips series "Verstaubt sind die Gesichter" or Dusty Faces, no real budget but very intense.
Until today this is one of the most intense and intensely shot movies ever made. You can still visit this submarine in the Deutsche Museum in Munich. The camera guy even got an Oscar. He ran with the actors and also jumped through the wholes like nothing to let it look as real as any possible
apparently, the depiction of submarine warfare was that authentic that veterans experienced ptsd flashbacks and left shaken the theater... but the resonance was overwhelmingly admiration due to its focus of the individual experience ...
How can you have missed it? 😮
The music of Klaus Doldinger is brilliant.
Watch the Director's Cut, it is looooong, but great, because it doesn't only show the action, but also the boredom in between, and it connects you far better to the crew on an emotional level.
This scene is much longer, for example, because they are attacked by the destroyer for some hours before they can resurface.
However, there are some reeaaally bad subtitles out there, One version is so bad, that I tried twice to watch a Das Boot reaction video that used them and had to stop after a view minutes. Make sure to find the version with good english subtitles.
Oh, and make a reaction video. 🙂
Just learn german then kek
I become 40 next month, but I watched the Movie just some Month ago for the first time. The 6 Hours of the Movie fly by and its unbelieveable intense.All the noises of stressed Metal and bolts. The dystopic and claustrophobic situation. Its really a Masterpiece of Filmmaking and brought up some Carriers for german actors.
This movie featured a young generation of now well known and international knowm actors. jürgen prochnow (Dune, Air Force One...) Claude Oliver Rudpolph (Bond Villain), Heinz Hoenig, Jan Fedder and many many more
This is actually a compilation of two scenes. First, the attack run until they are spotted by the destroyer, second, the kill shot and them having to abandon the sailors and watch them die. In between the sub is hunted and pummeled for hours by that destroyer. It is one of the strong themes of Das Boot, that victories are always tainted by the sheer tragedy of war.
After decades of not-so-great movies this is a real followup to "Die Brücke", which was shot about thirty years earlier. Both are masterpieces.
Most probably in my top 3 movies (can't make out the other ones atm :)).
It is a type VII C Boat. you can visit one ( U995) at Laboe near Kiel at the the museum. it is located on the beach. Fantastic !
Yes, for full immersion I recommend to visit a museum submarines first, and then go home and watch this movie. Just to get a better feeling how narrow these deadly tin cans are inside. There is also an old russian submarine located in the Hamburg harbour that now serves as a museum, also worth a visit.
@@matthiasmeuren137
And don't forget the Type XXI in Bremerhafen maritim museum!
When the longest cut was ready, before it became the TV series, they showed it in a cinema near my place, in one single piece without any inperruption. That was 5 hrs + of the most intense cinema I have ever experienced. Man, the people leaving the cinema in the dawn of the next day looked almost as exhausted as the crew. Nobody talked. And yes, it is in fact an anti war movie. It is extremely realistic, and it being from the eighties, used no FX like we know today. It was all obsessive model making, clever filming and excellent acting. Worth viewing indeed.
Must watch but for the extended version. This will be an emotional rollercoaster.
You really should think about watching the whole 6h or so miniseries. IT is one of the best movies/shows ever made, period.
it is still considered one of the best if not the best submarine movie of all time. it's a tough watch though. but its worth it.
If you got some time, watch the mini series. IMO it portraits the dreariness best because of its length.
There is a documentary here on RUclips on the TV channel Arte, which is very good, but also lasts about 60 minutes.
It explains everything from the making and financing of the film to the question of what the actors are doing nowadays.
I would recommend the 6-part series.
There is also a 90-minute version and a directors cut, but neither comes close to the mini-series.
It is important to know that this is definetely not a "Nazi"-Movie. director Petersen was at the beginning of his career always interested how people interact in smallest environments (villages, families and ... his masterpiece a boat (great Jürgen Prochnow btw.)). Iconic music by the german Jazz brass player Klaus Doldinger.
"The Boat" was voted by international movie ctritics as the by far "Best submarine movie" in history. It was also voted as the "3rd best War movie" (if it comes to realistic/ true material) of all time.
One actor also the british & american audience should know is Jurgen Prochnow (the captain). He had major/main-side roles in stuff such as "Beverly Hills Cop 2", "Dune", "The seventh sign", "The english patient" or "The Davinci code".
The other actors were not having an international, but some major successful carreers in German movies.
Nearly no special effects. Just a masterclass of actors.
This is such a visual movie, I recommend you watch with English dubbing the first time. I also really enjoy your videos. Cheers from Canada!
watch the whole film, its worth it. One of the best anti-war film in the world
The worst thing about this absolutely brilliant film is that it didn't win the Oscar for the best non-English language film, but a film that no one remembers today...
Wasn’t even nominated for non-English film, but for 6 other categories (director, camera, screenplay, edit, sound, sound edit)
@@StefanSulistyo And still didn't win any prize, which actually makes things even worse...!
As you can see at the end of the video, after the torpedo that was supposed to finally sink the ship, there were still people on board after hours who no one got off the ship. Unfortunately, Laconia orders prohibited German submarines from taking on board and rescuing surviving shipwrecked people. Exception when it was important for the boat to get information, which was quite rare.
Pls Note..; Watching the full Movie "Das Boot" can result in becoming a Pacifist..!
Directors Cut or TV Vut. i prefer the TV Cut.
To my mind one of the most impressing films of WWII. It shows the war from the view of the Germans. A lot of characters are shown and how they changed after some experiences/attacks. At the beginning they were happy and cocky and had babyfaces. When they returned they had long beards and had aged for a lot of years. Not a lot of brutal scenes but very emotional - this shows the quality of this film.
The subtitle is not 100% correct. He says "Verdamt hell!" which means "Damn bright!" and the subtitle is "That damn moon!"
Exact. With that bright moon you not just see waves collapsing at the submarine, you can even see the siluette
the context is made clear
You have to watch this film. Not necessarily for a reaction, just for yourself. The context and the message of the whole film is very important and very impressive.
(The Director's Cut version in German with english subtitles is the best cinematic one, although there is also a longer Mini-Series version.)
You have to see the scene where they are cought inside the U-boat, underwater , and the only sound is the 'ping...ping...ping...' from the destroyer signal searching them. That one is tense... The story actually happned in WWII, Lothar Günther Berghem wrote down his experiences onbord. I read the book when I was about 14, but saw the film much earlier. Both ae unique and breathtaking.
The best german movie ever made, i recommend the Directors Cut version as well as the making of / behind the scenes. Great Movie, great Music.
They used real food in the scene with the molden bread. Everything real, no fake food, same for the scene after the Gibraltar incident with the water inside the boat, they used a lot of Eau de Cologne because of the smelly water.
Besides the original version (150 mins) there is also a directors cut with 200 mins! The newer to show with three seasons is also great, but the movie from the 80ies is just amazingly dense and intense!
Hello Mert,
I can assure you that this movie will carry you away.
I remember watching this movie at cinema as a teenager.
My favorite sceen at this movie is .... hang on, I don´t want to spoiler.
Let me tell you just this:
The whole crowd at cinema didn´t make a noise. It was absolute silence as we all stared at a pressure gauge, waiting for...
Wow. In my holy opinion: By far the best U-Boat movie ever, by far.
The scene shown in your video is great as well.
I like the moment when the captain is yelling: "Why nobody rescued them? They had 6 hours."
That showed me that they were operating as soldjers, not as murderers.
Let me leave a little critisism as well.
Me personally I don´t like the split screen horizontal.
I prefer it the way like you have in your older videos.
Best regards.
I have seen it over 20 times....the book is better of course, but the movies is a masterpiece - old and gold. You must watch it! Try to watch the directors cut.
Think of it, not just as another war film but a psychological drama, bordering on psychological horror.
Epic movie.
Highly recommend a reaction to the whole thing its brilliant and very accurate to real life
FYI: the translation is ok, but very basic. A lot of detail and (marine) jargon was simplified. The meaning was maintained, but the mood took a hit
I argue that it was a very poor translation, not simplified. A lot of the meaning was lost, which could have been solved with contemporary or modern jargon and expressions.
@@Sander-zj3wi I would disagree: the moon thing was deliberate and not a sign of (accidental) bad translation. But I don't know if one of the factors for this was that the jargon should have been translated as English jargon that the translator maybe did not know
This movie is a must see.
Best version is the TV mini series version. 309 minutes at 2 DVDs.
There's an English dub which has the dubbing done by the original actors and thus the voices match the actors perfectly. I can recommend it.
There's various extended cuts and audio remasters, and of course the original miniseries format. These usually only have subtitles which leave out a lot of the nouance of the dialogue.
The sequel series that was released in the 2020s in collab with Sky is also good, that one should be watched in its original tri-language audio. It's quite amazing for that, thought it's a more serialized spy and covert actions thriller, whereas the original movie/series is an exploration of the horror of wars and the microcosm of a sub full of men.
the best submarine movie ever! the rest are just action and adventure movies.