The directors cut, 209 minutes long 3 hours, 29 minutes, released in 1997, which combines the action sequences seen in the featurelength version with character development scenes contained. 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. For those allergic to subtitles, there is also an alternative englishlanguage dub, voiced by many of the original cast including prochnow. Oct 26, 2012 heimat, deine sterne 2008 digital remaster wilhelm strienz. As the original films plot ends in december 1941, the series setting takes place nine months later, in 1942. I then saw the movie, but im not sure which version. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits nominated for 6 oscars. With jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, klaus wennemann, hubertus bengsch. It was a great game, and came with the paperback edition of the book as a bonus. The movie was shot silent because of exaggerated camera noise in the submarine interiors and all german and english dialogue had to be looped. Reading the book its great, btw, made the game even more fun.
A german submarine hunts allied ships during the second world war. 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. Umpg publishing, umpi, latinautor, muserk rights management, latinautor umpg. I watched the series at the time and enjoyed it immensely. 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 movie follows a wwii uboat on one of its patrols. The default language option is german with optional english subtitles. The poor english translation was very obvious in the directors cut. Based on the 1973 novel by lothargunther buchheim, this movie depicts the story of the german u96 submarine or ub.
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. 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. The officers mess is so cramped that when a crew member. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, german uboats have begun to take heavy losses. 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 the wwii drama. All the actors were fluent in english and dubbed themselves in the english version. Russians create 75 portraits for wwii veterans in time for ve day anniversary. R 1981 149 min action, adventure, drama, history, uncategorized, war. During the autumn of 1942, in occupied france, u612 is now ready for its maiden voyage, preparing to head into the increasingly brutal warfare with its young crewmen, including the new captain. The photographs were initially published in his 1976 memoir ubootkrieg uboat war.
The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits. A world war ii german uboat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war. After the movie i learned that he served on a uboat, we went to get a drink and he told me that the. The boat is a 1981 west german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by. Heimat, deine sterne 2008 digital remaster wilhelm strienz. 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. All images and subtitles are ed to their respectful owners unless stated otherwise.
With tom wlaschiha, thierry fremont, leonard scheicher, franz dinda. This sequel to wolfgang petersens classic film takes place on a new uboat. The dvd had english subtitles or you could select english as the language of the dvd. As the original films plot ends in december 1941, the series setting takes place. This is a one of a kind movie that must be seen to be believed. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. It is autumn, 1941, and a german uboat commander and his crew set out on. The film was an international success when it appeared nearly 30 years ago.
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