Movie "Enemy Below"
 

Hi. is there anyway I can get the sound track where the german U-boot crew sang the song "Me my friend, you my friend" or whatever it was called. I could like that for my gramophone.

Hmmm.... the movie has been released on DVD (and VHS), but other than that I don't know. I doubt if a separate soundtrack has been released.

eww that movie was terrible lol. The inside of the uboat :rotfl: ...

Der Alte Dessauer
 

I've a copy but it's a bit big to post. Look around on the net for this old drinking song: "Der Alte Dessauer"

Der Sieg war errungen, Viktoria Schoß
Man flott aus Kartaunen, Kanonen;
Der Dessauer spornte sein stattliches Roß,
Besichtigt Kommunikationen.
Trotz Kontreskarpe, Ravelin, Batterie,
Bewährte sich wieder sein Ferdherrngenie;
An Parallelen verschüttet hält er,
Da kommen drei Senatores daher,
Mit zwölf Musikanten, erst langsam, dann Trott,
Waldhörner, Trompeten, Klarino, Fagott.

Try this: http://www.ez-tracks.com/getsong-songid-27320.html

I think you mean good movie, terrible u-boat interior. Still ten times better than U-571. :doh:

Re: Der Alte Dessauer
 

Thanks, at least I got the March song of it in musical. But I was looking for the English worded song. I will use the march song, thanks. If anyone knows where I can get the English singing of the march, please let le know.

No i did mean terrible movie. :down: I guess it may just be a lil to old an corny for my taste. I lost interest while watching, at least U-571 kept me wondering wat was gonna happen.

That's the problem with the young folks now-a-days, if it doesn't contain blood and gore or T&A they get bored and miss what the movie is all about. It may be a cliche' in our "modern" times but at one time movies were made with the intent of depicting the morality of a situation.
As for me, I thought that the movie was real good. (or am I just showing my age :hmm: )

I thought it was a good movie as well, that is why I bought it and watch it again and again and I'm not showing my age, it was a good plot showed the dedication of a German U-boat commander and the compassion of the American DD commander. We here in North American seem to be a passionate people, not saying that other countries are not the same, just pointing out a point of the film. Robert. :hmm:

Whippersnappers! :D

If you're showing your age you're showing mine as well, and I'm only 34. I think it's a great movie; bought the DVD and have watched it many times. I don't always want the in-your-face grit of Das Boot; plus I like that TEB shows you the point of view from the destroyer as well. I can look past the erroneous details; guess it's easier to do that if you like the story. :up:

Das boot is still the best ww2 sub movie, but enemy below is in my oppinion a good movie movie. its got a nice mood to it

I'm 38 and think Enemy Below is among the worst movies I've seen. It's cool others like it, but I sure don't :)

Sure you guys who don't like the film are not confusing it with "In enemy hands"?

You should watch more Hollywood movies. After a couple, you wont be wondering anymore. :rotfl:

I'm sure. In Enemy Below, at the end, the American frigate or DE gets torpedoed by the u-boat. Most of the crew abandons ship, but the Captain and a few others stay on. The ship is buring, and of course the u-boat surfaces 200 meters away to use the deck gun. The ship and u-boat start shooting at each other, then the ship rams the u-boat, coming to rest on top of the u-boat, which stays afloat with the destroyer on top of it, high and dry. Everbody abandons ship, and Americans and Germans end up in the same lifeboat, and watch their vessels finally explode.

Is that the one? :)

Haha.. that's what I thought first but then figured it can't be, since In Enemy Hands is so complete and utter crap that it's beyond comprehension. Then I cleared my confusion with a little help from IMDB. Can't recall seeing The Enemy Below.

Aww ... now you've gone and spoiled the ending for me ;)

When I first saw the film, like many others here, I was distracted by the dreadful interior U-Boat set. But then, like DeepSix, I came to look beyond that and see the good aspects of the film. Sure, it's a bit corny at times, but certainly no worse than many films of its day. Or even this day -- the 'bonding' of enemies at the end of this film is no cornier than that in In Enemy Hands (in fact it's much better -- it leaves things unsaid, rather than degenerating into a sentimental mess), and at least the action of the hunt (as opposed to the interior set) is portrayed realistically in The Enemy Below.

Remember, the film is nearly half a century old! If they'd had the technology for, or (equally, if not more, importantly) the audience interest in, something like Das Boot in 1957, they might have made a different film. But they didn't, and shouldn't be faulted for that; the sympathetic portrayal of the U-Boat crew was probably quite daring and controversial enough at the time.

Hehe, I get a pass. 50 years is plenty of time to see it, so I can't be blamed for revealing the ending, can I? :)

I'm impressed you guys find some merit in this film. I watched it with an open mind and no preconceptions of the film, but I just didn't think it was good. There are other movies of the same vintage I find much better like In Harm's Way, We Dive at Dawn, Run Silent Run Deep and others.

Overall, I like the film, but I thought the German acting was tacky/awfull :down: .

Favorite (dumb) moments from film:
1. the countdown to launch torpedoes :rotfl:
2. The nazi guy :88)
3. The clean u-boat crew. :oops:
4. Jurgens (not the lotion :|\ ) speech about the "good ol' days :zzz:

Cool (actual) moments from the film.
1. The footage of the DE.
2. Robert Mitchum

You forgot to mention those spiffy Nazi sport shirts. :P