{"id":93151,"date":"2023-11-10T20:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T03:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93151"},"modified":"2023-11-10T23:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T06:53:16","slug":"boot-das-boat-the-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=93151","title":{"rendered":"Boot, Das \/ Boat, The (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a limit &#8212; we can only take so much pressure.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-93152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Poster.png 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA photo-journalist (Herbert Gronemeyer) chronicles the harrowing existence of a captain (J\u00fcrgen Prochnow) and his crew on board a German U-boat patrolling the North Atlantic in 1941.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>German Films<\/li>\n<li>Submarines<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<li>World War Two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;award-winning, epic WWII film by director Wolfgang Petersen, whose script was adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Das_Boot_(novel)\">a popular autobiographical novel by former war correspondent Lothar-G\u00fcnther Buchheim<\/a>,&#8221; is a &#8220;well-made picture show[ing] a different, harrowing side of war: that experienced by Germany&#8217;s 40,000 U-boat men, of whom more than half were killed.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Still.png 1171w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that &#8220;we are made to feel their discomfort and claustrophobia while inside their cramped, muggy, smelly, underwater vessel [and] their monotony, constant fear, and panic when enemy ships hover above.&#8221; He argues that &#8220;the picture is frightening because Petersen uses horror-movie techniques: the giant enemy ships emerging from the mist and lurching through the water are like great sea serpents&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Emerging.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; [and] &#8220;the sweating, shouting, terrified men rushing about the ship in search of danger points (where water leaks in) could very well be characters in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=16783\"><em>Alien<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; Meanwhile, &#8220;the U-96 itself is like a room in a haunted house, where trapped men nervously listen to the spooky noises (i.e., death knells) on the outside. These men are in hell.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Fire.png 1175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, they are &#8212; a version of it, anyway. Peary points out that &#8220;Peterson&#8217;s goal was to show that all men in war are victims, certainly not a controversial theme&#8221; &#8212; though the picture was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082096\/trivia\/?item=tr0771776&#038;ref_=ext_shr_lnk\">criticized by those who thought Peterson &#8212; who chose not to deal with the soldiers&#8217; politics &#8212; was apologizing for the Nazi soldiers.<\/a>&#8221; Peary adds that &#8220;the film should be praised for debunking a myth that was held forth in Germany for 40 years &#8212; that German submarine warfare was a heroic, glorious adventure.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Sleeping-Cramped.png 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his review, Peary touches briefly on the fact that this &#8220;story became a five-hour German TV movie;&#8221; indeed, in the time since Peary&#8217;s <em>GFTFF<\/em> was published, several different home video versions have been released, including a 209-minute 1997 director&#8217;s cut version (which is what I watched for this review). <\/p>\n<p>Peary also highlights the performance by Prochnow, who &#8220;makes a strong impression as the U-boat&#8217;s commander, who hates his superiors and war.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow4.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Prochnow is riveting (and perfectly cast, despite being older than the original commander) &#8212; and he&#8217;s surrounded by a cast of excellent performers, many of them inexperienced actors; the casting directors travelled around Germany to find men to represent various geographical areas. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed-1024x560.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Johan-Redeemed.png 1908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just a few more interesting facts about this film, which has become a solid modern classic and a bit of a cult favorite:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This was the most expensive German movie ever made at the time.<\/li>\n<li>This is a rare foreign film to be regularly referred to by its native title rather than a translation (which would be &#8220;The Boat&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li>American directors John Sturges and Don Siegel were originally considered to helm this film.<\/li>\n<li>This was the most successful foreign film to date at the time of its release in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li><em>Das Boot<\/em> received six Oscar nominations (but not one for Best Picture).<\/li>\n<li>Cinematographer Jost Vacano used mostly a hand-held camera for interior shots, and limited himself to shooting within the real confined space limits of a submarine.<\/li>\n<li>All actors were bilingual in German and English, and did their own voiceovers for the dubbed English version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Film fanatics will likely notice G\u00fcnter Lamprecht &#8212; star of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5041\"><em>Berlin Alexanderplatz<\/em> (1980)<\/a> &#8212; in a small role as Captain of the <em>Weser<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht-1024x592.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht-467x270.png 467w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Lamprecht.png 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>J\u00fcrgen Prochnow as Capt. Lehmann-Willenbrock<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow-1536x829.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Prochnow.png 1913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fine supporting performances by the (largely unknown) cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Want-Me-To-Take-Letters.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jost Vacano&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red-1024x567.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"354\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red-1038x576.png 1038w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Red.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Highly effective sets, special effects, sound production, and editing<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-93172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening-496x270.png 496w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Das-Boot-Listening.png 1173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a powerful foreign classic. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0082096\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/300871\/das-boot#articles-reviews?articleId=18684\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s756boot.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/02\/10\/movies\/das-boot-the-fortunes-of-a-u-boat.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a limit &#8212; we can only take so much pressure.&#8221; Synopsis: A photo-journalist (Herbert Gronemeyer) chronicles the harrowing existence of a captain (J\u00fcrgen Prochnow) and his crew on board a German U-boat patrolling the North Atlantic in 1941. 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