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armyofshadows

This film is FANTASTIC. Best Wolfgang P by far, and best submarine film by far. In fact, I think it's one of the greater war films. Like All Quiet on the Western Front, it humanizes the German WW2 experience. A grand and fantastic film. War affects the soul of every soldier.

8 years 11 months ago

musicismylife29

Three hours worth being spent for such a fantastic movie...even though the ending was a bit too much.

Ohne Zweifel einer der besten deutschen Filme aller Zeiten!

11 years 6 months ago

nawi

Watch the ~5h version, as it's easily worth it. I was so surprised how quickly the time went; superb acting, plot, directing and pacing in my opinion. And I'm no submarine movies fan either.

11 years 8 months ago

inigo_montoya

Director's cut was brilliant. Maybe someday I would watch full version

11 years 8 months ago

dchauvin

I watched the Director's cut. It was really really long, and I suspect the theatrical release makes for a more enjoyable film experience, but there are some absolutely brilliant shots in there. In particular the moving shots in the U-boat, Tipperary, and one short shot in which a destroyer cruises over the camera. Really I felt the first 2 hours could be condensed into 1. They go by without any real character or plot development, such to the extent that the sudden emotional and physical struggle of the ending feels congested in comparison. Still, quite the spectacle, I would definitely recommend it.

11 years 9 months ago

CDF

This isn't an action movie. It's still really good.

13 years 11 months ago

Beingtaki

Johan: Keep going and get us back.
The engines:

2 years 11 months ago

Siskoid

Das Boot (The Boat, in German) is surely the gold standard of submarine movies. Where other films might show you what it's like to be on a submarine (or U-boat, same difference), Das Boot goes further and makes you feel like you're THERE. The way the camera glides from compartment to compartment, it never lets you forget the environment's claustrophobia, and the character of a war correspondent helps the procedural come alive and make sense, but also makes it very personal. We get to know the submariners well enough that we care what happens to them, especially as the film moves from war film to disaster movie in the third act. Not until the end do we find out if this is to be a story of triumph or tragedy, though we hope for the former and dread the latter throughout. Das Boot is on the long side, and structurally, features two distinct missions (which does work as a dichotomy and pushed the docu-drama part of it), but it does a lot more than you'd expect even with that running time. It's claim to the title of best submarine movie ever made seems secure.

5 years 9 months ago

pallmallandcoke

amazing soundtrack

10 years ago

Big A2

@samlowery: Where did you read that? I don't think Das Boot was ever a TV mini-series or ever intended to be.

12 years 6 months ago

mfmopdenkamp

I really liked the film, but it is such a bummer that the voices are all dubbed. Each time I noticed this, it pulled me out of the boat and in front of the screen.

7 years 8 months ago

san tonio

herbert grönemeyer ftw. i still found it captivating.

12 years 5 months ago

samlowery

Seeing as this was originally a German TV mini-series, it is wrong to expect the pacing of a movie, much less an action movie. I saw the 209-minute version, and on it's own merits Das Boot is a superb teleplay.

13 years 10 months ago

Joris B.

@ rwj

Luckily the original version of the film is only 149 minutes long...

14 years 1 month ago

StigAnder

It has a lot of good things going for it, but sadly my overall impression is that it's long.

12 years 11 months ago