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Dramatic West German-made film highlighting all the tensions and dangers that befall a U-Boat's crew during World War II.

Product Identifiers

ProducerOrtwin Freyermuth

EAN5050629535815

eBay Product ID (ePID)108367337

Product Key Features

ActorHerbert Gronemeyer, Jurgen Prochnow

Film/TV TitleDas Boot

DirectorWolfgang Petersen

LanguageGerman

Subtitle LanguageArabic\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\Hindi\Norwegian\Swedish

Run Time208 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2011

FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles, Commentary with Director Wolfgang Peterson\Wolfgang Petersen - Back To The Boat\Maria's Take\The Perfect Boat-The Director's Cut\Rooms Overview\Entry Conning Tower\Torpedo Room and Crew's Quarters\Captain's and Officers' Rooms\The Control Room\Petty Officers' Room & Galley\Diesel & Electric Motor Rooms\Behind The Scenes (1981)\The Battle of The Atlantic (1983)

GenreWar

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureGermany

ReviewsUSA Today - "...A great movie just got greater, thanks to this thorough restoration....The movie is letterboxed on tape for the first time ever and has a magnificent new stereo soundtrack..." -- 4 out of 4 stars

Additional InformationIn the midst of World War II, a German U-boat crew is sent out to patrol the Atlantic and fire at Allied ships bringing supplies to England. The submarine also carries a press correspondent, there to report from the front lines of nautical warfare. Meanwhile, the crew's captain (Jurgen Prochnow) is becoming disillusioned with the Nazi regime and with war in general. What starts out as a routine mission is soon livened up beyond the crew's expectations when their boat's surprise attack on a convoy is thwarted by a fast-moving destroyer. Battered by depth charges, the crew must pull together to survive the attacks of their unseen enemy.<BR>Widely considered to be director Wolfgang Petersen's best film and one of the finest German films ever made, DAS BOOT is stunningly realistic in its portrayal of the cramped conditions aboard a German submarine. Based on a novel by Lothar G. Buchheim, it is a striking example of an intelligent antiwar film clothed in the guise of a military thriller.

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleDas Boot