Ordrered it on netflix. Should be here maybe Tuesday or so.

Chuck

I bought the DVD when it was released two years ago. Except for the four months I've been unable to use my computer or TV I've watched at least once every month since I got it. It's that good. When I have other things to do I watch it one hour at a time.

The subtitles aren't as good as in the Director's Cut, nor is the sound. Personally I liked the 'false alarm' scene, and while it was indeed nice to actually see Francoise, she didn't appear in the book so it's odd. I don't think it's too long. One time I watched it in English with the English subtitles. It's amazing how much they changed for the 'nicer' English version. Best of all is Werner's narration, which doesn't appear in any other version. I actually found the shorter Director's Cut to be more boring than the long version.

It is definitely worth the money, and the time it takes to watch.

Hmm...I might give it another go and watch it again.

Oh..right...what's this film about ? Is it any good ?:D (joke) :up:

German with subtitles is a must, the crew saying "Captain" instead of Herr Kaleun seems a little out of place to me :)

Oh, and does anyone know where to get the soundtrack for the movie? In particular , the theme music?

I agree. It's the same thing with any other foreign language film: I cannot stand the english track.

I have the "superbit" version. As far as I know, it's the director's cut with a little higher bitrate on the video.

When I play the movie in Germen with English subs and play SH3 I usually sink 3 to 5 times as much shipping then otherwise. Strange isn't?:hmm:

The first time I watched "Das Boot" I was still in my pree-teen years and I already loved it like crazy back then.

Many years later the first DVD came out, labelled as Director's Cut. Anxious and thrilled as I was I totally oversaw that it was just a bit longer than the cinematic version back from the 80's but to me there is only one true version - the long 5-6 hour version. Grrrreeeeaaat disappointment !

Then someday about 3 years ago I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the original long version available as DVD which I bought practically instantly. Never saw the Directors Cut after that again.

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one, lol.

After years of having it on my mental list of "movies I need to see before I die" I finally got it from Netflix over the summer. I had the thing for nearly a month and watched all or at least part of it almost every day, once I got started. I couldn't bear to send it back until I'd gotten my own copy from Amazon. Now I've got the uncut version as well and I watch either one or the other - all the way through, or whatever there's time for - on a pretty regular basis. I can't remember the last time I was so "taken" with a movie, and I'm still not the least bit bored with it.

There are a lot of things I prefer about the uncut version, altho' I have to say the intercutting of the "Francoise" scenes at the beginning that break up the scenes in the bar annoy me to no end. I much preferred learning about her and Ullman in the short scene in the DC where Werner asks to see her picture and Ullman reveals the full extent of his situation.

I got mine here:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ss_T15_product

Amazon.de has it available as an mp3 download. Don't know about other non-US Amazon sites. The North American release of the CD is out of print IIRC - the import from a third party seller was the only thing I could find there.

Best sub movie by far, although 4:42 is a tad long to watch in a single sitting, i picked it up for 99p from woolworths before they went bust, bargin!

It's available on Netflix via instant stream. I watched on my Xbox 360. More than once.

I agree 100%. Don't use the English track. Subtitles only. The translation and dubbing in English is way below par and it takes something away from the scenes. Yes...it is long. But you must remember that this film was never intended for theaters. It was originally a 6 part mini-series...hence the uncut length. I found that the scenes cut from the released version to be somewhat refreshing and granted a few of them were on the dull side. The director did not make this as a war movie but about people under unusual stressful circumstances in a U-Boat. The cat-and-mouse scenes are intense and the Jurgen Prochnow character (kaptain) said it best in one scene.."now it gets psychological"....which it is and the movie follows the characters during these intense scenes. The captain of the original U-96 was on the set as a "technical advisor"....watch the extras on the DVD.

I like this movie a lot. One of the best war-time movies ever made.

That was one thing I noticed too, the bad language has been really toned down from the original release. Some of the jokes have also changed somewhat.

i beleive Lothar-Günter Buchheim did not like it so much, criticism being aimed at over dramatisation, unreal dialogue. i think he thought it was a hollywood-style actioner more than a real life film about a U-Boat. here is the link from Wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot

i thought the book was fantastic and its ashame that his other works are not available in translation.

flakmonkey: that is true shopping !!