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Old 01-30-12, 02:18 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by gambla View Post
L.G. Buchheim's "Das Boot" is called a novel, but he said, that everything written, is his own true experience gathered on different boats. When they lost the boat at Gibraltar, the boat is said to hit ground on 280 m. I believe it's true, as nothing was so important for him as to make the movie as realistic as possible.
I too believe it's true, because other, non-novel, sources have said as much.

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And by the way, i recently have read an article by him about making the movie. He wasn't very happy with many things.
And several u-boatmen criticized the book as being over the top in several areas.
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