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AS · 08-20-09, 03:42 PM

Although I love "Das Boot" I must say that its depiction of a VIIc Type U-Boat is absolutley misleading, nameley for two reasons:

1. Yes, U-Boats WERE painted white inside and well lit, so consequently the interior was bright and light, not dark and cave-like.

2. In order to make the movie they used special camera lenses which make the compartments seem MUCH wider and bigger than they are in real life. I was lucky enough to visit the only remaining VII - type U-Boat in Laboe, Kiel (Germany), and when I entered it I was shocked by the tinyness of it. It´s so incredibly confined and small I felt like I was in a model kit of a submarine. The so called control room ("Zentrale") is small like a phone booth, belive me, there was just one spot were I could stand without stooping. From the engine room you can look right through to the torpedo room, and you are always aware of the fact that you are in a small tube.

Cheers, AS

08-20-09, 03:42 PM	#19
AS 中国水兵 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 275 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	Although I love "Das Boot" I must say that its depiction of a VIIc Type U-Boat is absolutley misleading, nameley for two reasons: 1. Yes, U-Boats WERE painted white inside and well lit, so consequently the interior was bright and light, not dark and cave-like. 2. In order to make the movie they used special camera lenses which make the compartments seem MUCH wider and bigger than they are in real life. I was lucky enough to visit the only remaining VII - type U-Boat in Laboe, Kiel (Germany), and when I entered it I was shocked by the tinyness of it. It´s so incredibly confined and small I felt like I was in a model kit of a submarine. The so called control room ("Zentrale") is small like a phone booth, belive me, there was just one spot were I could stand without stooping. From the engine room you can look right through to the torpedo room, and you are always aware of the fact that you are in a small tube. Cheers, AS __________________ Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. (Oscar Wilde)