Post by Zone Fighter on Jan 9, 2007 23:52:28 GMT -8
Das Boot [The Boat]
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Original produced by Günter Rohrbach
Director's Cut produced by Ortwin Freyermuth
starring:
Jürgen Prochnow - Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
Herbert Grönemeyer - Lt. Werner
Klaus Wennemann - Chief Engineer Fritz Grade
Hubertus Bengsch - 1st Lieutenant
Martin Semmelrogge - 2nd Lieutenant
Bernd Tauber - Chief
Erwin Leder - Johann
Martin May - Ullman
Heinz Hoenig - Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht - Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph - Ario
Jan Fedder - Pilgrim
Ralf Richter - Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard - Preacher
Oliver Stritzel - Schwalle
Konrad Becker - Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell - Dufte
Martin Hemme - Brückenwilli
Rita Cadillac - Monique
Otto Sander - Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht - Captain of the 'Weser'
Jean-Claude Hoffmann - Benjamin
Arno Kral - Hagen
Helmut Neumeier - Schmutt
Wilhelm Pietsch - Franz
Dirk Salomon - Markus
The original theatrical version (149 minutes) of Das Boot was showin in Germany in 1981 and in the US in 1982. In 1985 a 293 minute mini series was shown on German television (and has since shown up on cable in the US). In 1996 the theatrical version was modified to add back cut scenes to produce what director Wolfgang Petersen has said is the perfect version. It runs 209 minutes. The music track for the additional scenes was lost but the composer had his original recordings so the entire music track was re-editted from them.
Das Boot The Directors Cut DVD includes a making of documentary and audio commentary by Wolfgang Petersen & Günter Rohrbach. The DVD has German and English language versions. The film is so long it takes both sides of the DVD.
Based on a German novel written by a German journalist who was assisigined to the real U-96, this film shows what it was like to serve on a German submarine, a U-Boat, during the second world war. Most of the film takes place in the u-boat underwater. Officers and crew are shown trying to deal with bordem waiting for action and then how they react when they find the action they were looking for and it leads to British destroyer's endangering their lives with depth-charges.
The first side of the DVD covers the searching for British cargo ships to sink while trying to avoding being sunk by the British destroyers. The second side covers the attempt to pass by Gibralter on the way to a port in Italy.
With the possible exception of the first officer the officers of U96 were not Nazis. They fought for their "Fatherland" not for the Führer, in fact they had contempt for their leaders. The captain and chief were the oldest, most experienced men. The captain was closest to and depend mostly on the chief not his first officer. A young lietuent was assigned to U96 to write about the "heroes" of the uboat corps.
The ending came as a surprise to me, it was probably supposed to, but maybe if you pay more attention to the text on the opening screen the ending won't be such a shock to you.
I started out with the German dialogue and English subtitles but I quickly realsed that the subtitle were incomplete so I switched to the English dialogue. Most of the major actors spoke English as well as German so it was their voices in both languages. Note: they give depth in meters not feet. Also at one point the captain mentions German coins instead of the English equivlent.
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Original produced by Günter Rohrbach
Director's Cut produced by Ortwin Freyermuth
starring:
Jürgen Prochnow - Capt.-Lt. Henrich Lehmann-Willenbrock
Herbert Grönemeyer - Lt. Werner
Klaus Wennemann - Chief Engineer Fritz Grade
Hubertus Bengsch - 1st Lieutenant
Martin Semmelrogge - 2nd Lieutenant
Bernd Tauber - Chief
Erwin Leder - Johann
Martin May - Ullman
Heinz Hoenig - Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht - Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph - Ario
Jan Fedder - Pilgrim
Ralf Richter - Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard - Preacher
Oliver Stritzel - Schwalle
Konrad Becker - Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell - Dufte
Martin Hemme - Brückenwilli
Rita Cadillac - Monique
Otto Sander - Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht - Captain of the 'Weser'
Jean-Claude Hoffmann - Benjamin
Arno Kral - Hagen
Helmut Neumeier - Schmutt
Wilhelm Pietsch - Franz
Dirk Salomon - Markus
The original theatrical version (149 minutes) of Das Boot was showin in Germany in 1981 and in the US in 1982. In 1985 a 293 minute mini series was shown on German television (and has since shown up on cable in the US). In 1996 the theatrical version was modified to add back cut scenes to produce what director Wolfgang Petersen has said is the perfect version. It runs 209 minutes. The music track for the additional scenes was lost but the composer had his original recordings so the entire music track was re-editted from them.
Das Boot The Directors Cut DVD includes a making of documentary and audio commentary by Wolfgang Petersen & Günter Rohrbach. The DVD has German and English language versions. The film is so long it takes both sides of the DVD.
Based on a German novel written by a German journalist who was assisigined to the real U-96, this film shows what it was like to serve on a German submarine, a U-Boat, during the second world war. Most of the film takes place in the u-boat underwater. Officers and crew are shown trying to deal with bordem waiting for action and then how they react when they find the action they were looking for and it leads to British destroyer's endangering their lives with depth-charges.
The first side of the DVD covers the searching for British cargo ships to sink while trying to avoding being sunk by the British destroyers. The second side covers the attempt to pass by Gibralter on the way to a port in Italy.
With the possible exception of the first officer the officers of U96 were not Nazis. They fought for their "Fatherland" not for the Führer, in fact they had contempt for their leaders. The captain and chief were the oldest, most experienced men. The captain was closest to and depend mostly on the chief not his first officer. A young lietuent was assigned to U96 to write about the "heroes" of the uboat corps.
The ending came as a surprise to me, it was probably supposed to, but maybe if you pay more attention to the text on the opening screen the ending won't be such a shock to you.
I started out with the German dialogue and English subtitles but I quickly realsed that the subtitle were incomplete so I switched to the English dialogue. Most of the major actors spoke English as well as German so it was their voices in both languages. Note: they give depth in meters not feet. Also at one point the captain mentions German coins instead of the English equivlent.