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Originally Posted by mara_eNtrO
Can any of you history buffs tell me if thats really what happened to the crew, or the reasoning/thought process that went into the ending of the movie.
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The book/movie is an historically based FICTION. The ending allows the reader to draw his own conclusion about the story.
That said, you might draw some meaning from the fact that these U-boat men went through harrowing dangers at sea only to return to port to face even more danger and death from the RAF bombing attacks on their French Atlantic bases.
Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, a real life war correspondent who made several U-boat cruises which are the basis for his books and this movie, most likely was never in a life or death situation as depicted in the scenes off Gibraltar nor the scenes at the end of the movie as they returned to base. But, he could still accurately write a war fiction based on his experience aboard U-boats.
In my humble opinion, Das Boot (book or movie) will always remain one of the best!