The first time i saw this film i could not take my eyes from it. The fact that the setting is a war is, amazingly and interestingly, only incidental to its points. The boat is a 1981 west german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by gunter rohrbach, and starring jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, and klaus wennemann. Heimat, deine sterne 2008 digital remaster wilhelm strienz. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a tv miniseries 1985, in several different home video versions of various running times, and. The original was in german, but this has options for english too. With jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, klaus wennemann, hubertus bengsch. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, german uboats have begun to take heavy losses. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits nominated for 6 oscars. It tells the story of a german u boats crew during world war two. A german submarine hunts allied ships during the second world war, but it soon becomes the hunted.
The photographs were initially published in his 1976 memoir ubootkrieg uboat war. Literally it translates to the boat from german to english. The boat is a 1981 west german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by. An inexperienced uboat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young german woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the french resistance in. As the original films plot ends in december 1941, the series setting takes place. It was subtitled, not dubbed, but thats all i remember. All the actors were fluent in english and dubbed themselves in the english version. Oct 26, 2012 heimat, deine sterne 2008 digital remaster wilhelm strienz.
It is 1942 and the german submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called battle of the atlantic to harass and destroy english shipping. Stalingrad is one of the most brutal films ive ever seen. It was a great game, and came with the paperback edition of the book as a bonus. A world war ii german uboat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war. I was mesmerized with the transition of a hearty young crew leaving port evolving as the sheer moments. Russians create 75 portraits for wwii veterans in time for ve day anniversary.
Take advantage of great prices on bluray, merchandise, games, clothing and more. The real u96 was a type viic uboat, which was the workhorse of the german submarine fleet. After the movie i learned that he served on a uboat, we went to get a drink and he told me that the. Umpg publishing, umpi, latinautor, muserk rights management, latinautor umpg. Always used to drink a vast amount of beer, due to it being the greatest substance in existence. A german submarine hunts allied ships during the second world war. The poor english translation was very obvious in the directors cut. As the original films plot ends in december 1941, the series setting takes place nine months later, in 1942. Buchheim also wrote a trilogy of nonfiction books about the battle of the atlantic, the first of which is available in english translation uboat war 1986. For those allergic to subtitles, there is also an alternative english language dub, voiced by many of the original cast including prochnow. Arabic persian chinese subtitles is a 1981 german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen. R 1981 149 min action, adventure, drama, history, uncategorized, war.
This sequel to wolfgang petersens classic film takes place on a new uboat. I then saw the movie, but im not sure which version. The officers mess is so cramped that when a crew member. The default language option is german with optional english subtitles. Based on an autobiographical novel by german world war ii photographer lotharguenther buchheim, the film follows the lives of a fearless uboat captain jurgen prochnow and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the atlantic and mediterranean in search of allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey. The movie was shot silent because of exaggerated camera noise in the submarine interiors and all german and english dialogue had to be looped. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits. Reading the book its great, btw, made the game even more fun. Why did willenbrock leave the british sailors in the water. The underwater scenes retain the hypnotic rhythm of the movies sound design alien but compelling.
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