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Torplexed · 06-02-09, 08:31 PM

This is really a question for Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, the author of Das Boot. Sadly now deceased. That's the dramatic and futile ending he chose for the book when it was published in 1973, so that's why the movie ends on the same note.

And there in the haze I see the Old Man, streaming with blood, his sweater and shirt torn to shreds. His eyes, which were always narrowed, are wide, wide open. At almost the same moment we sink to our knees, bracing our arms on the splintered stones, and face each other like two Sumo wrestlers. The Old Man opens his mouth as though to let loose a great shout. But all that gushes from his lips is blood.

--The End.

06-02-09, 08:31 PM	#7
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	This is really a question for Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, the author of Das Boot. Sadly now deceased. That's the dramatic and futile ending he chose for the book when it was published in 1973, so that's why the movie ends on the same note. And there in the haze I see the Old Man, streaming with blood, his sweater and shirt torn to shreds. His eyes, which were always narrowed, are wide, wide open. At almost the same moment we sink to our knees, bracing our arms on the splintered stones, and face each other like two Sumo wrestlers. The Old Man opens his mouth as though to let loose a great shout. But all that gushes from his lips is blood. --The End. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili-- Last edited by Torplexed; 06-02-09 at 08:44 PM.