My Scout Troop watched this film in the torpedo room of a Gato class sub. This theme echoing off the bulkheads and mingling with the diesel stink was a surreal once in a lifetime experience.
I saw this on Netflix once before it was removed and from the first second I was glued to my screen, this movie is a masterpiece!. I actually ordered the book from Amazon years later.
War movies have to be like that. No great hero who shoots down hundreds of enemies and no bias for any country which fought in WW2, especially the USA. A good war movie like this has to illustrate, how terryfing a war can be.
While Das Boot certainly has less of that than most movies from other countries, you can still see some glorification of war-like adventure indirectly, even though the characters state open disgust and embitterment towards this ideal. I think that's actually very well done. Another book-turned-movie which I think does the same is 'The Unknown Soldier', even though it's hard to appreciate if you don't know the language (it uses dialects to denote different cultural tensions, among other things), and the movie had a much smaller budget than Das Boot, obviously.
They really did. The cast and crew had to undergo similar confinement (though for shorter periods of time) since it took upwards of a year to film in confined spaces inside of the authentic mock-up U-Boat interior they made for the film. The cast not only had to be able to move like a real U-Boat crew, but the crew had to setup to tight quarters to capture all of the shots.
It has this adventurous attitude in the main motif, like the young men who sailed aboard Uboat crews who were often young and naive, seeing Uboat service as an opportunity for adventure, but the overall tone is forboding and vaguely menacing, such was the reality of their situation, whether or not they realised it at first.
*S.O.S Titanic* is a better version of the Jack and Rose version. Trust me, if you're into sad movies you should definitely watch that version of Titanic, it's more realistic and 10x sadder.
@@morgs456 That's very decent of you. It must not be forgot that those people shoved into that metal tube had no sincere fervour for whatever cause put them there, they were just people told what to do.
Before I saw Das Boot in the theater a friend of mine told me that it was a German film with English subtitles, then he added, within five minutes you will not even notice the subtitles, he was dead on. The movie was so well made, the cast so superb lead by the amazing Jurgen Prochnow, it's one of my favorite movies. Sehr gut gemacht!
Nothing but under 7 year old kids programs is broadcasted here dubbed, and never has been. We have managed with subtitles very well. Its great way to teach foreign languages to whole population. I predict Finns would go to barricades if any TV channel tries broadcast anything dubbed.
@@kimmoj2570 Swede here. I concur. I watched Im Westen Nichts Neues (All Quiet On The Western Front) on Netflix and something felt just completely off. I had to look up if the actors had had so bad English they had to be dubbed, and with a terrible lip sync at that. No, it just turned out that Netflix thought I wanted to see it in English. No way. I found the button for original language and watched the whole thing in German with subtitles (which I have forgotten if they were Swedish or English, but I might as well have switched on German subtitles because I know the language). Original language is always the best choice, even for Korean. What subtitles you choose is up to you.
Curious that everyone talks about the movie, but nobody talks about this piece, which is fantastic. Without this music, the film would not be as powerful. The main melody is profound and immerses you in the deep and when the guitar starts, it leaves you alone in the middle of a sea of melancholy.
R.I.P Wolfgang Petersen. This is one of my grandpa's favourite movies and now I was watching it with him for the first time in the 1987 miniseries version. One episode left and this tragedy happens yesterday. I have got to say, what a great legacy you left us Mr. Petersen
To Seba Ramirez. Glad you and your grandpa enjoyed this excellent programme! I love the music, too. And also the dance version of the tune, which got into the charts!
People are comparing this movie to Hunt for Red October, but I think Das Boot is by far better. It is less cliche-laden, has more realism, better dialogues, better acting and let's you feel how the soldiers at that time really felt - though I admit both have an equally great soundtrack
My grandfather served on a U-boat during WW2, but he never talked about the war for obvious reasons . The only war related thing he ever mentioned was that this movie was very accurate…
My Grandfather was in the Navy in ww2 as well. I was too young g to fully understand why he didn’t talk about it before he passed away. Now that I am much older, I understand why maybe he did not want too..
@@georgejacob3162 The English sailors hated the Uboat crews because of the menace they posed to them on the Atlantic, but they also felt terrible for them, particularly the hydrophone operators aboard English ships who sometimes reported being able to hear their panic and their screams as they depth charged them, or the sound of their uboats imploding as they sank. Despite their hatred for the German Uboat fleet, most of them could agree that Uboat service was filled with terrible ways to die that no one deserved.
Not usually a war film fan but this is one of the best films ever made. The way the actors and director really convey the underwater tension is brilliant.
I remember watching this movie in the early 90's on TV, being a teenager. It totally blew my mind. The movie became part of my top-10 best movies ever made. RIP Wolfgang Petersen
Das Boot really shows the realism of submarine warfare at that time. Endless, tiring, hopeless fight. While the destroyer is depth charging you all you can do is dive, hide and hope for the best.
Why are there so many people who want to compare this one with other Submarine movies? It is not Crimson Tide. It is not The hunt for Red October. It is not The enemy below. It is not Run silent run deep. And it certainly is not Ice Station Zebra. It is DAS BOOT. Let's take it as what it is - a movie which can bring tears in your eyes because of the right reasons ...
It's also not U-571. I heard that the same U-Boot set was used in U-571 and that Wolfgang Peterson was not very pleased with the condition of the U-Boot after filming had finished on U-571!
Das Boot is a fantastic piece of Cinema because it takes you through every range of human emotion that's possible. When the boat those down to the bottom of the Straits, that is one of the most intense scenes in film ever. Fantastic and a true masterpiece
Bushrod Rust Johnson actually, some of them didn’t believe in the regime. Nobody deserves a death like that. With no where to go, no where to run, no where to hide. I would’ve preferred being gassed then dying in a sub. Nobody deserved war, it’s not the german soldiers faults, they were fighting for what they believe in, it’s the higher ups faults they got put in that situation.
@@MilwaukeeF40C no. Kriegsmarine usually disrespected hitler. In the movie crew make fun out of Göering. German troops wanted just to give a payback for how they were treated after ww1.
@@MilwaukeeF40C How brave of you behind your computer screen. What a great resistant you would have been. You would have aquired an education and free thinking by your intelligence alone and would have stood up to the regime valiantly back then I am sure. These men, whatever they were thinking, whatever bullshit propaganda they beleived in, were victimes of their time. I still wonder to this day how u-boats didn't all sink carrying these sailors huge balls..
Watched this move when I was 9 years old and it has been my favourite from then on. This theme (especially the first part and the last part) still brings tears to my eyes.
Same 😢 "They haven't spotted us! They're all snoring in their bunks! Or you know what? They're drinking in the bar! Celebrating our sinking! Not yet, my friends! NOT YET!"
"not yet my friends, not yet!!!! *dies 15 minutes later* that was the biggest emotional roller-coaster ever...and the film tells you they will die in the beginning saying only 10,000 survived out of 40,000 but you get so wrapped up into it you forget.....my top 5 best films ever made it would be number 3 only because the length makes it hard to just rewatch it for kicks you have to invest in it.
When the captain and almost all of the crew died at the end of the movie, my jaw dropped in shock. There's just something about the fact the U-Boat crew had gone through unfathomable terrors, doing things like SURVIVING destroyer ASW bombs, RESURFACING A SUNKEN SUBMARINE, escaping the royal navy WITH the busted-up submarine, and then come back to be welcomed back by their country. Then a surprise air bombing diminishes the momentary feeling of joy and success by finishing the crew off right when they thought they were safe. Worst of all, the last thing the Captain saw before he died from his wounds was the U-Boat sinking underneath the water, right after he and his sailors worked extremely hard to bring it back from the sea that inevitably became its grave. Another thing about the ending is that, once you think about it, this would just be documented as another casualty of war, and little will ever be known about just what happened on board the submarine during it's sail. This soundtrack here sums it all up perfectly. This movie deserves every award it got and more
managed to go inside German u boat from ww2 only last week in Germany after seeing this film many times before it brought it home even more just how brave all the submarine crews were very brave men, and it was real eye opener just how very little room they had for weeks and weeks,at sea. looking at the inside now of course around 70yrs old makes you wonder in our hi tec world how it even worked but they did..
@@Feuerblut it was in Bremerhaven sub is still there anyone can go aboard for small fee. well worth seeing the sub was sank just before the end of the world but latter salvaged, then went back into service with Denmark i think but cant be sure which country used it. then retired to Bremerhaven where it is today.
Honestly, something I think that really adds to the movie is the fact that we are seeing it from the Germans POV depending on what country you’re from or your political opinion typically the Germans would be viewed as the bad guys, but in this movie we’re rooting for them in a way.
I shiver. The heavy minor strings without a trace of happiness, and then, an undescribable minor lift followed by a major hope that holds on as long as it can, only to give way to the rising minor again, but does not give up. And so the bass begins its hunt for the tempo. All this sorrow, and still parts like 1:23 when the gliding major strikes makes this piece of art complete. Without the memories from the psycologically and physically deep movie though it would not be the same.
RIP Wolfgang Petersen. The genius behind this film and so many other favourites like In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy and Poseidon.
Just watched Das Boot for the first time for 20 plus years, I had forgotten what a great war movie it is, you forget these men were the enemy, you feel the terror, the claustrophobia and the desperation. I had forgotten the end which as the first viewing left me numb.
My great grandfather was on that boat!! They gave him questions and tips how to make the movie. His name is kriechbaun and they say his name in the movie. I myself is German and still learning English :)
wtothe k You have a point. I think that Das Boot is a good movie. It is also tied, with The Hunt for Red October for my favorite submarine themed movie. I am sorry for any confusion in my poorly written comment.
The real one came back and the crew got off alright. The boat was fixed up and handed over to a new captain who hated superstition. He had the "three little fishes" charm scraped off the conning tower and it repainted proper plain grey. Less than 24 hours after it went back out to sea without its lucky charm, it, its Proper Nazi new captain and its entire crew were sent to the bottom by the RAF.
I watched this as kid with the subtitles and stayed with me as one of the most tense and well performed movies (watched as a series on TIV) . Years on I sit playing the PC game U-boat hunting convoys.... The music is perfect for the movie. Agree with the comments.
I've been covering this song for a while in a surf punk band and had never actually heard the original version. Only other guitar covers to get the general melody and chord progressions. But this is incomparable. I mean, I love playing it in our style, but this is epic. I really need to watch this movie already.
Actually it's a continuation of World War 1. Because of the Treaty of Versailles and all the restrictions that was given to Germany, which scent the country into both economic and political turmoil thus turning towards extreme leadership that did for short time help the country get back on its feet. Unfortunately due to the Ambitions of the leadership(aka hitler) wanting to gain back territory lost after the treaty mainly the Danzig corridor that cut off some of Germany's trade hence the invasion of Poland. Yes there was a lot of Nazi propaganda and lies that came with that invasion to help justify it but in the end what's a revealed to be nothing more then massive land grab. And here's the set part, the League of Nations stood by and watched Germany to this and did nothing. So to be honest there ways to avoid the war, but because of the stupidity and ignorance of the league of Nations and opportunistic leaders(I.E. Mussolini, Hitler, tojo, and stalin) of other countries led to this massive conflict. Trust me just, blaming one country on this is NOT entirely in the right... it was the actions and decisions done by multiple countries that led to this conflict, whether if it was was trying to keep the peace, for territorial or monetary gains... as you can see World War II was not as straightforward as you think it is. Just keep in mind I'm not exactly justifying Germany's actions I'm just pointing out that other countries did not help their situation at all.
3:35 Is just so awesome. It sounds like a train chugging along, which is perfect for the scene where they resurface and start running like crazy out of Gibraltar!
Music so meaningful for brave men in the U-Boot service, or in the Royal Navy Submarines, these were real men, who knew the chance of survival was so small.
It's a shame this exact version never appears on a soundtrack. This popular recording that has been widely shared since the early days of P2P file sharing is actually just a rip from the end credits of the movie.
as far as I know doldinger had to rerecord the ending theme for the directors cut because the old tapes were too damaged to use, so the only original ending theme is only available on the VHS tapes from the movie. quite sad...
American war movies: - characters are the good guys, they are selfless and patriotic - going to war is our moral obligation - some heroes die, but the day is saved thanks to them - the others go home and live long and happy lives - flags! heroic speeches! German war movies: - characters just want to survive - war is hell - deaths are absurd and meaningless - everyone dies at the end - sadness and depression
Hey man, how's that water situation panning out? I just seen a special on India on an HBO show called Vice, one of the officials there said that 80% of water in India is contaminated beyond use, what are the leaders doing to deter this catastrophe?
i was going to watch the hunt for the red october on netflix but then... has i clicked on the movie, das-boot was one of the recomended movies bellow. So im watching das-boot now!
I have watched this several times, the first was back in the 1980s when it was on TV in the UK for the first time (c.1984?). 'Das Boot' is superb, very powerful drama and is miles better than U-571.
Apparently the same set was used for U-571 and I heard that Wolfgang Peterson was none too pleased with the condition in which it was returned back to him!
My Scout Troop watched this film in the torpedo room of a Gato class sub. This theme echoing off the bulkheads and mingling with the diesel stink was a surreal once in a lifetime experience.
I saw this on Netflix once before it was removed and from the first second I was glued to my screen, this movie is a masterpiece!. I actually ordered the book from Amazon years later.
War movies have to be like that. No great hero who shoots down hundreds of enemies and no bias for any country which fought in WW2, especially the USA. A good war movie like this has to illustrate, how terryfing a war can be.
While Das Boot certainly has less of that than most movies from other countries, you can still see some glorification of war-like adventure indirectly, even though the characters state open disgust and embitterment towards this ideal. I think that's actually very well done.
Another book-turned-movie which I think does the same is 'The Unknown Soldier', even though it's hard to appreciate if you don't know the language (it uses dialects to denote different cultural tensions, among other things), and the movie had a much smaller budget than Das Boot, obviously.
Tripticket are you finnish
Yes, I am.
Amen bro, war is shit....
@Oero. Aber hallo.
One of the greatest film themes of all time. Captures the atmosphere and feeling of isolation perfectly. Fantastic
They really did. The cast and crew had to undergo similar confinement (though for shorter periods of time) since it took upwards of a year to film in confined spaces inside of the authentic mock-up U-Boat interior they made for the film. The cast not only had to be able to move like a real U-Boat crew, but the crew had to setup to tight quarters to capture all of the shots.
imho youre spot on and the theme music for both so good I cant easily pick which is the better one
It has this adventurous attitude in the main motif, like the young men who sailed aboard Uboat crews who were often young and naive, seeing Uboat service as an opportunity for adventure, but the overall tone is forboding and vaguely menacing, such was the reality of their situation, whether or not they realised it at first.
100 percent I love how you never get a look outside of the submarine and it's from the crew's perspective just amazing
boys cried at titanic
men cried at das boot!
*S.O.S Titanic* is a better version of the Jack and Rose version. Trust me, if you're into sad movies you should definitely watch that version of Titanic, it's more realistic and 10x sadder.
Legends cried at Lego death
I'm a ex submariner. A British one. I cheered them on so much in this film
@@morgs456 That's very decent of you. It must not be forgot that those people shoved into that metal tube had no sincere fervour for whatever cause put them there, they were just people told what to do.
@@HRage correct, befehl ist befehl. Und fuck the fuhrer.
Before I saw Das Boot in the theater a friend of mine told me that it was a German film with English subtitles, then he added, within five minutes you will not even notice the subtitles, he was dead on. The movie was so well made, the cast so superb lead by the amazing Jurgen Prochnow, it's one of my favorite movies. Sehr gut gemacht!
I guess for Americans its very special to watch a movie with subtitles. A message about it, some likes.
They sank US, British and Russians ships and killed a lot of people.
Wie es soll sein! (As it must be). On August 16th, 2022 its director, Wolfgang Pettersen, passed. A huge loss.
Nothing but under 7 year old kids programs is broadcasted here dubbed, and never has been. We have managed with subtitles very well. Its great way to teach foreign languages to whole population. I predict Finns would go to barricades if any TV channel tries broadcast anything dubbed.
@@kimmoj2570 Swede here. I concur. I watched Im Westen Nichts Neues (All Quiet On The Western Front) on Netflix and something felt just completely off. I had to look up if the actors had had so bad English they had to be dubbed, and with a terrible lip sync at that. No, it just turned out that Netflix thought I wanted to see it in English. No way. I found the button for original language and watched the whole thing in German with subtitles (which I have forgotten if they were Swedish or English, but I might as well have switched on German subtitles because I know the language).
Original language is always the best choice, even for Korean. What subtitles you choose is up to you.
Curious that everyone talks about the movie, but nobody talks about this piece, which is fantastic. Without this music, the film would not be as powerful. The main melody is profound and immerses you in the deep and when the guitar starts, it leaves you alone in the middle of a sea of melancholy.
R.I.P Wolfgang Petersen. This is one of my grandpa's favourite movies and now I was watching it with him for the first time in the 1987 miniseries version. One episode left and this tragedy happens yesterday. I have got to say, what a great legacy you left us Mr. Petersen
To Seba Ramirez. Glad you and your grandpa enjoyed this excellent programme! I love the music, too. And also the dance version of the tune, which got into the charts!
40,000 men served on U Boats, over 30,000 never returned. May they Rest In Peace in their iron coffins.
RIP SAILORS 😢
Wow a 90% fatality rate damn
@@kyleshiflet9952 no but 75%
Neither will the innocent men they murdered
No more brother wars.
*40,000 germans served on u boats during ww2
People are comparing this movie to Hunt for Red October, but I think Das Boot is by far better. It is less cliche-laden, has more realism, better dialogues, better acting and let's you feel how the soldiers at that time really felt - though I admit both have an equally great soundtrack
DawnOfMidsummer haven't seen hunt for red October but don't das boot is the. best if you disagree I will just anagram you as a ship and me as the u96
When they are stuck and can't breathe... Pfff!! I felt the same. #GoodActors
What's the comparison? Fucken submarines?
+ intense way more intense
Tom Clancy depicts Russians as Hollywood "badguys", he is brainwashed as fuck. Das Boot is good because it has no "bad guys" or Hollywood drama.
This movie has got to be the best and most realistic submarine movie out there.
I started to play the game Silent Hero just after watched this piece of art. Fantastic, dark atmosphere and real fear.
@@olgowska666 hmm, where can I find it? couldn't find anything by googling the name "silent hero"
@@BuzzKirill3D I believe he meant Silent Hunter
@@Schwarzkittel He certainly does, yeah
The most realistic sub movie is defenetly down periscope
I’m only 13 and this is one of my favourite movies. Definitely my favorite theme music to any movie I’ve ever seen.
What an amazing movie. Better than most war movies today, at least it isn't Hollywood post war propaganda.
Wade Davis way before jewtube and jewbook lol
keroji s jewtube?... jewbook?.... wtf?
keroji s wow you are so cool, any more antisemític words you want to use. You are a pathetic excuse for a human
yeah STFU Tun, don't be a dick
@@primalreversion7034 no u stfu
Einer der besten Filme die ich je gesehen habe!
My grandfather served on a U-boat during WW2, but he never talked about the war for obvious reasons . The only war related thing he ever mentioned was that this movie was very accurate…
Dear Hans, do you know which sub your grandfather served on?
@@jiver10 Unfortunately not, I never asked him anything about the war when I was a kid
My Grandfather was in the Navy in ww2 as well. I was too young g to fully understand why he didn’t talk about it before he passed away. Now that I am much older, I understand why maybe he did not want too..
One of the best movies ever made, one of those movies that hit home, where nationality or uniform didnt matter.
Exactly! I'm English but I was rooting for the U-Boot crew to survive!
@@georgejacob3162 The English sailors hated the Uboat crews because of the menace they posed to them on the Atlantic, but they also felt terrible for them, particularly the hydrophone operators aboard English ships who sometimes reported being able to hear their panic and their screams as they depth charged them, or the sound of their uboats imploding as they sank. Despite their hatred for the German Uboat fleet, most of them could agree that Uboat service was filled with terrible ways to die that no one deserved.
Not usually a war film fan but this is one of the best films ever made. The way the actors and director really convey the underwater tension is brilliant.
What a haunting theme tune.....simply beautiful
I remember watching this movie in the early 90's on TV, being a teenager. It totally blew my mind. The movie became part of my top-10 best movies ever made. RIP Wolfgang Petersen
Who are the best yuor films about war.?
I just remember it from U96
Das Boot really shows the realism of submarine warfare at that time. Endless, tiring, hopeless fight. While the destroyer is depth charging you all you can do is dive, hide and hope for the best.
40,000 U-Boat crew went sea only 10,000 returned
Robert McGowan metal underwater coffins U boats are
@@colleenjin8794 Yoda, is that you?
Didn't know that, wow...
Honor them. Honor them all.
@@xenomorphyongaming61 They generally were not considered war criminals like most of their compatriots. That was honor enough.
Why are there so many people who want to compare this one with other Submarine movies? It is not Crimson Tide. It is not The hunt for Red October. It is not The enemy below. It is not Run silent run deep. And it certainly is not Ice Station Zebra. It is DAS BOOT. Let's take it as what it is - a movie which can bring tears in your eyes because of the right reasons ...
It's also not U-571. I heard that the same U-Boot set was used in U-571 and that Wolfgang Peterson was not very pleased with the condition of the U-Boot after filming had finished on U-571!
@@georgejacob3162 Steven Spielberg used it in Raiders of the lost Ark afaik
I saw it as a serial half an hour at a time and as a film later. One of the best things I have ever seen on TV.
Same here
Now I'm crying for the unbelievable originality, I'm speechless , it's so melancholy
One of the only movies where I’ve gotten goosebumps, it enhances so many feelings
Das Boot is a fantastic piece of Cinema because it takes you through every range of human emotion that's possible. When the boat those down to the bottom of the Straits, that is one of the most intense scenes in film ever. Fantastic and a true masterpiece
This is such a badass theme.....
this and crimson tides theme
So badass yet so simple, it's pretty amazing...
Like you.
Best war movie with the cruelest ending ever made
They had to die though. I mean, they were fuckin Nazis.
Bushrod Rust Johnson actually, some of them didn’t believe in the regime. Nobody deserves a death like that. With no where to go, no where to run, no where to hide. I would’ve preferred being gassed then dying in a sub. Nobody deserved war, it’s not the german soldiers faults, they were fighting for what they believe in, it’s the higher ups faults they got put in that situation.
@@MilwaukeeF40C no. Kriegsmarine usually disrespected hitler. In the movie crew make fun out of Göering. German troops wanted just to give a payback for how they were treated after ww1.
@@o.h2202 At the end of the day they were still Nazis that put up with authoritarian populism.
@@MilwaukeeF40C How brave of you behind your computer screen. What a great resistant you would have been. You would have aquired an education and free thinking by your intelligence alone and would have stood up to the regime valiantly back then I am sure. These men, whatever they were thinking, whatever bullshit propaganda they beleived in, were victimes of their time. I still wonder to this day how u-boats didn't all sink carrying these sailors huge balls..
Watched this move when I was 9 years old and it has been my favourite from then on. This theme (especially the first part and the last part) still brings tears to my eyes.
J-P LD me too Man,me too
Same 😢
"They haven't spotted us! They're all snoring in their bunks! Or you know what? They're drinking in the bar! Celebrating our sinking! Not yet, my friends!
NOT YET!"
Same ❤
An outstanding film - the very best kind of war movie. The cast is brilliant and the sense of tedium, fear and chlostrophobia are captured so well
Un film très réaliste et émouvant. Des situations parfois difficiles à supporter. Les acteurs sont formidables ; Bref! Une œuvre magnifique.
"not yet my friends, not yet!!!! *dies 15 minutes later* that was the biggest emotional roller-coaster ever...and the film tells you they will die in the beginning saying only 10,000 survived out of 40,000 but you get so wrapped up into it you forget.....my top 5 best films ever made it would be number 3 only because the length makes it hard to just rewatch it for kicks you have to invest in it.
Best 'Chekhov's Gun' in a movie i believe.
The scene of the KaLeun watching his boat sink before collapsing himself gets me every time I see it.
Jürgen Prochnow is a Legend. My Top Favorite Actor in this film. If there are fanboys of this actor, I am one of them!
Another masterpiece featuring Jürgen Prochnow: ruclips.net/video/zZD99X_S7SA/видео.html
stahlblaue Augen
Jürgen Prochnow is an absolute gem. He is an amazing actor and he rust radiates awsome.
Also: Those eyes, that jawline...
I watched this movie when i was 8-9 years old on TV, even at that time i knew this was quality work of art. BRavoo!
The German war movies were far better than those bloody Hollywood rubbish!!
That’s objective
Full Metal Jacket. Watch it
@@danm6665 "Letters from Iwo Jima" by Clint Eastwood was great too.
Yh tru 😂
Stalingrad. By far one of the best german war movies ever made.
Best German movie, best war movie and the best movie soundtrack.....
When the captain and almost all of the crew died at the end of the movie, my jaw dropped in shock. There's just something about the fact the U-Boat crew had gone through unfathomable terrors, doing things like SURVIVING destroyer ASW bombs, RESURFACING A SUNKEN SUBMARINE, escaping the royal navy WITH the busted-up submarine, and then come back to be welcomed back by their country. Then a surprise air bombing diminishes the momentary feeling of joy and success by finishing the crew off right when they thought they were safe. Worst of all, the last thing the Captain saw before he died from his wounds was the U-Boat sinking underneath the water, right after he and his sailors worked extremely hard to bring it back from the sea that inevitably became its grave. Another thing about the ending is that, once you think about it, this would just be documented as another casualty of war, and little will ever be known about just what happened on board the submarine during it's sail. This soundtrack here sums it all up perfectly.
This movie deserves every award it got and more
incase you didnt get it. War is useless thats been the entire aspect of the movie. you lose everything. and if you survive you still end up broken.
The movie is only 42 years old and here we are - no spoiler warning and just tell us how it ends
Thanx mofo, lets spoiler the movie....
3:35, from where I can still feel the thrill when the U boat rises from the sleep to become a legend. The movie was a masterpiece. ❤️❤️❤️
Wspaniały utwór, jeden z moich ulubionych.
A to Klaus Doldinger skomponował
managed to go inside German u boat from ww2 only last week in Germany after seeing this film many times before it brought it home even more just how brave all the submarine crews were very brave men, and it was real eye opener just how very little room they had for weeks and weeks,at sea. looking at the inside now of course around 70yrs old makes you wonder in our hi tec world how it even worked but they did..
Steel, machine oil, and iron will is how it worked.
yes agree, 100% greatest respect for them even more now i have been inside the submarine.
Have you been to Hamburg or where did you see it?
Fᴇᴜᴇʀʙʟᴜᴛ I believe the last type VII-C sub is by the Naval memorial and museum in Laboe, in Schleswig Holstein.
@@Feuerblut it was in Bremerhaven sub is still there anyone can go aboard for small fee. well worth seeing the sub was sank just before the end of the world but latter salvaged, then went back into service with Denmark i think but cant be sure which country used it. then retired to Bremerhaven where it is today.
Honestly, something I think that really adds to the movie is the fact that we are seeing it from the Germans POV depending on what country you’re from or your political opinion typically the Germans would be viewed as the bad guys, but in this movie we’re rooting for them in a way.
It is not just a war movie. It is not just a German movie. It It is just one of the best movies I have ever seen.
Rest in peace, Wolfgang Petersen!
One off the best movie themes ever!
I shiver. The heavy minor strings without a trace of happiness, and then, an undescribable minor lift followed by a major hope that holds on as long as it can, only to give way to the rising minor again, but does not give up.
And so the bass begins its hunt for the tempo.
All this sorrow, and still parts like 1:23 when the gliding major strikes makes this piece of art complete.
Without the memories from the psycologically and physically deep movie though it would not be the same.
Is it only me thinks that music of 80s and 90s makes you feel so special
RIP Wolfgang Petersen. The genius behind this film and so many other favourites like In the Line of Fire, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy and Poseidon.
When I think of final scene it makes me realise the utter waste of war and I tear up.
"Sie feiern unsere Versinkung im Kasino! Not yet, Kameraden. Not yet!"
*versenkung ;) -geiler film-
Just watched Das Boot for the first time for 20 plus years, I had forgotten what a great war movie it is, you forget these men were the enemy, you feel the terror, the claustrophobia and the desperation. I had forgotten the end which as the first viewing left me numb.
This film is absolutely phenomenal
My great grandfather was on that boat!!
They gave him questions and tips how to make the movie. His name is kriechbaun and they say his name in the movie. I myself is German and still learning English :)
Truly one of the greatest war films ever made!
This, along with Apocalypse Now, and Tora! Tora! Tora! are my all time favorites.
And Requiem for a massacre too..
One of the best movies i've seen in my life , Awesome Bravo !!!!!
The greatest anti-war war-film.
I just played this to soothe my infant son from crying and this worked.
Finished the movie a few minutes ago. One of the greatest movies ever. Tied with the Hunt for Red October as my best sub movie ever.
Yes, it is a great movie, but how many sub movies are there? lol
LordWellington15 www.imdb.com/list/ls056668246/
I don't think Hunt for the Red October comes close haha
wtothe k You have a point. I think that Das Boot is a good movie. It is also tied, with The Hunt for Red October for my favorite submarine themed movie. I am sorry for any confusion in my poorly written comment.
the tv series is even better, somehow. Best TV series I've ever seen. hulu has it. worth one months fees, easily.
The most beautiful theme tune to an incredible film. You are there with the crew throughout.
Long live the U-96 and her crew!
Rest in Peace, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911-1984)
The real one came back and the crew got off alright. The boat was fixed up and handed over to a new captain who hated superstition. He had the "three little fishes" charm scraped off the conning tower and it repainted proper plain grey. Less than 24 hours after it went back out to sea without its lucky charm, it, its Proper Nazi new captain and its entire crew were sent to the bottom by the RAF.
and the U-505
Can't forget U-32!
Except the guy who asked another crew member if he has hair in his nose.
I like this version (with the sonar pings). RIP Wolfgang Petersen.
Epic movie, epic soundtrack thanks ❤
This sends shivers down my spine.
2:33 i love acoustic.
It's sound vey hopeless.
I confirm. The best movie about WW2 submarine war. Realistic, thrilling and..... perfect
Brilliant distillation of the Das Boot score.
so deeply moving music, the guitar solo part gives me goosebumps and sad. thank you for loading this great music
I watched this as kid with the subtitles and stayed with me as one of the most tense and well performed movies (watched as a series on TIV) . Years on I sit playing the PC game U-boat hunting convoys.... The music is perfect for the movie. Agree with the comments.
I've been covering this song for a while in a surf punk band and had never actually heard the original version. Only other guitar covers to get the general melody and chord progressions. But this is incomparable. I mean, I love playing it in our style, but this is epic. I really need to watch this movie already.
The best german film, and the best soundtrack...
Very sad movie that shows how stupid war is.
Exactly!!!
The war Germany started
Actually it's a continuation of World War 1. Because of the Treaty of Versailles and all the restrictions that was given to Germany, which scent the country into both economic and political turmoil thus turning towards extreme leadership that did for short time help the country get back on its feet. Unfortunately due to the Ambitions of the leadership(aka hitler) wanting to gain back territory lost after the treaty mainly the Danzig corridor that cut off some of Germany's trade hence the invasion of Poland. Yes there was a lot of Nazi propaganda and lies that came with that invasion to help justify it but in the end what's a revealed to be nothing more then massive land grab. And here's the set part, the League of Nations stood by and watched Germany to this and did nothing. So to be honest there ways to avoid the war, but because of the stupidity and ignorance of the league of Nations and opportunistic leaders(I.E. Mussolini, Hitler, tojo, and stalin) of other countries led to this massive conflict. Trust me just, blaming one country on this is NOT entirely in the right... it was the actions and decisions done by multiple countries that led to this conflict, whether if it was was trying to keep the peace, for territorial or monetary gains... as you can see World War II was not as straightforward as you think it is. Just keep in mind I'm not exactly justifying Germany's actions I'm just pointing out that other countries did not help their situation at all.
Levvy They started it together with the Soviet Union, following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
Levvy mmhm. Suuure. It’s the war Adolf started by the blitz. Not by Germany, by a man.
I love, love, love this film! My favorite war movie of all time. A great adventure, packed with excitement, joy, sorrow, victories and losses.
By far my favourite movie, it teaches me to always stay grateful❤
3:35 Is just so awesome. It sounds like a train chugging along, which is perfect for the scene where they resurface and start running like crazy out of Gibraltar!
Pour moi, le plus beau film sur les sous-marins. 5 étoiles.
This is the best theme i ever heard.
man the tune gets never old it gives motivation when playing Silent Hunter 5 :3
best sub movie ever.watchit many times,simple the best.
Whatever drama or scenes they reenacted in this movie is the closest to any submariner experienced in WW2. Whether youre in the Axis or Allied side.
never have i actually gripped the couch in suspense from a war movie, the scene of the allied destroyer using its sonar to find the uboat. amazing!
Music so meaningful for brave men in the U-Boot service, or in the Royal Navy Submarines, these were real men, who knew the chance of survival was so small.
I just saw the movie a month ago. Absolutely first class haunting and moving saga about war.
It's a shame this exact version never appears on a soundtrack. This popular recording that has been widely shared since the early days of P2P file sharing is actually just a rip from the end credits of the movie.
as far as I know doldinger had to rerecord the ending theme for the directors cut because the old tapes were too damaged to use, so the only original ending theme is only available on the VHS tapes from the movie. quite sad...
Love this haunting and beautiful music to one of the best war films ever.
Great movie with great soundtrack.
Jurgen Prochnow nailed this row
un grand film merci au realisateur et au musicien. inoubliable.
Great musical score that somehow does convey the grim nature and uncertainty of conducting undersea warfare.
one of the best war films ever.
and the soundtrack, brings tears to my eyes.
timeless.
Absolut zeitlos und eine der besten Filmmusiken ever! Man braucht den Film nicht zu sehen um die Tragik hinter der Musik zu spüren.
American war movies:
- characters are the good guys, they are selfless and patriotic
- going to war is our moral obligation
- some heroes die, but the day is saved thanks to them
- the others go home and live long and happy lives
- flags! heroic speeches!
German war movies:
- characters just want to survive
- war is hell
- deaths are absurd and meaningless
- everyone dies at the end
- sadness and depression
Not yet, kameraden! NOT YET!
They actually spotted our periscope...
I love this beautiful movie...Long live German cinema...Best wishes from India...!!
Hey man, how's that water situation panning out? I just seen a special on India on an HBO show called Vice, one of the officials there said that 80% of water in India is contaminated beyond use, what are the leaders doing to deter this catastrophe?
+BeSoberBeVigilant12 I guess he didn't make it. :(
i was going to watch the hunt for the red october on netflix but then... has i clicked on the movie, das-boot was one of the recomended movies bellow. So im watching das-boot now!
HawkDave Great!
Much better than Red October Dave..
johnnyboy63100 yeah the acting is better but red october has Sean Connery...
HawkDave Both are great movies, watch them both.
Samsid i know, thats why im watch both of them
There aren't many good german movies, but Das Boot is a masterpiece. Der Untergang is pretty good too, guess we're only good at making WW2 movies.
Wonderful film made even more wonderful by the haunting music
The first movie I ever watched that was from another country's perspective than the US. Das Boot is incredible.
An absolute classic of a movie. Timeless.
The world of warship submarine update reminds me this film. I always play the U69 because i love this film and never forget about this masterpiece.
I have watched this several times, the first was back in the 1980s when it was on TV in the UK for the first time (c.1984?). 'Das Boot' is superb, very powerful drama and is miles better than U-571.
Apparently the same set was used for U-571 and I heard that Wolfgang Peterson was none too pleased with the condition in which it was returned back to him!