| Bilge_Rat |
04-16-10 11:26 AM |
I have both the 97 director's cut and the 04 uncut edition DVD. I don't remember the notes being in english.
I usually only listen to the german version. Interestingly enough, the english subtitles differ from the 97 to the 04 version. The ones in 97 version are more accurate. The french subtitles are basically the same in both.
Another interesting bit of trivia is that most of the voices in the english version are those of the original actors, most of which spoke english.
Did you know that:
1. the U-Boats in the movie were built by one of the actual companies that built U-Boats in WW2. They still had the actual blueprint in their archives, which made it rather handy;
2. when the scenes were filmed in La Rochelle in the mid 70s, it was the first time since the war many of the local residents had seen german uniforms, many admitted to having mixed emotions to once again seeing U-Boats in the pens;
3. In the famous scene in the beginning, where the skipper walks through the pens on his way to U-96, you see many U-Boats. The filmmakers only had one on hand and it is only through the magic of editing that they created the illusion of many Boats;
4. The U-Boat in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the one from Das Boot. Spielberg rented it for a few days;
5. In 2-3 of the sub scenes, you will see a crewman in the background with red hair who does not quite belong (a bit too clean cut) and never seems to be around the rest of the time. He was not an actor, but part of the film crew. Its not clear if it was a cameo, an oversight or if Petersen used him to flesh out the background.
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