That's actually kind of funny. Europeans who love the movie praise it and say things like "I'm so glad Hollywood didn't get a chance to ruin it!" It is indeed rife with cliches and silliness. And sometimes bad procedure.
The attraction is that it's all filmed inside a full-size u-boat mock-up (three hyphens [and parentheses] in one sentence!) set on gimbals to roll and pitch, full of details. There is no real plot. It's just a patrol gone bad. It's a whole lot of fun, and the full-length version does a great job of showing the frustration and boredom involved, as well as the big moral decisions that sometimes crop up.
Despite its flaws it is easily the most believable submarine movie ever. It is also the direct inspiration for all these subsims. I can't recommend it enough.
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