Last night we watched Das Boot, the 1981 Wolfgang Peterson film, on DVD. I had 
never seen it. For others in that boat, the film is a long depiction of a single mission by a captain and crew of a German submarine during the WWII. The crew is young and inexperienced, with little idea of the realities of war. We are in the cramped submarine with them through life and death battles but also through long periods of waiting and suspense.
What a crazy idea, to put humans in an armed underwater sardine can and get them to hunt down enemy ships. We’re with the crew as they live that reality. Powerful business, beautifully filmed acted and directed.
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I don’t know if I ever mentioned it, but I spent 20 years in the US Navy. Five of those years as a crew memeber on a submarine.
That is one of my favorite movies, it really captures the closeness between sub crew memebers.
This was an awesome film. My father took us to see this, and we later took others to watch it too.
As kids, we used to visit the German submarine (U-505?) that is at one of the museums in Chicago. I can’t imagine staying sane in that thing with depth charges going off around me.
This one is one of my faves too. We used to watch it over and over sometimes at Michael Roy’s old “night galllery” apartment after clubbing. I think I saw it like Patience did at the Bloor theatre first.
Did you know that submarine is the job in the army you have to volunteer for…you don’t get assigned you sign up for it. This is due to it being a job you need to be attracted to psychologically strong personality profile for the life.
The first 9 times I watched it, I only had eyes for the young Jürgen Prochnow. On subsequent viewings I started to watch the rest of the ensemble.
I love that movie so much! I think I first saw it at The Bloor a million years ago (aka the 80’s LOL)
We own the DVD and periodically take it out. I like the “it’s a Long Way to Tipperary” scene.
It’s the director’s cut we watched. I don’t know if it is the greatest film ever made, but on the anchovy rating scale, it gets a dumptruck full of ripe salties, a rating I don’t throw around often.
THAT’S THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE!!!!
(I’ve seen it 14 times) (Director’s cut – 6 times)