The long tv version of "Das Boot"

[Kaleun Cook]

Ahoi,


as you all know there are several different versions of Petersen's "Das Boot". I have seen all of them and found the long tv version (300 minutes, split into three parts) to be the best. I'd like to have it in my collection.

It was shown on BBC and a german tv channel for sure, probably also in other countries. But that was a long time ago and since then the stations only show the shorter versions.

My question now is if someone has recorded the three parts when they were shown. I'm german so the best would be a german version (the BBC used subtitles I think) but an english version would also be welcome. Maybe we could find a way to transfer them digital or in another way.

[bigboywooly]

IIRC the tv version was shown by channel 4 in the UK
Not long after the channels launch

Pretty sure you can buy the full TV version ( 5 hours ) on DVD anyway

[94cruiser]

I have the DVD directors cut
I don't know how many minutes it is and I don't recall seeing anything extra.
What sort of stuff is added to make it 300 mins?
I'm curious!!!

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by 94cruiser

I have the DVD directors cut
I don't know how many minutes it is and I don't recall seeing anything extra.
What sort of stuff is added to make it 300 mins?
I'm curious!!!

Um, let's see...

Several extra scenes in the nightclub, inluding the Thomsen talking to the Old Man about torpedo failures...scenes actually showing Ullmann's girlfriend (hubba hubba!)...longer scenes sailing out of port...a couple more crash dives, including one that may be a false alarm...more depth charging...an extended scene of them arguing about the ethics of not rescuing survivors...much more I can't remember offhand...and best of all, it's all narrated by Werner!

Amazon.co.uk link has already been posted; here's one for you guys in the US:
http://www.amazon.com/Das-Boot-Origi...6501512&sr=1-2

[Crazy Ian]

I do have the TV series cut within my DVD collection...and I'm sure it's still missing some bits from the full TV version.. I mean it was on BBC2 for 6 episodes and each was an hour long...

[Kaleun Cook]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

...an extended scene of them arguing about the ethics of not rescuing survivors...

Indeed! I really missed that one in the director's cut.

Originally Posted by Crazy Ian

I do have the TV series cut within my DVD collection...and I'm sure it's still missing some bits from the full TV version.. I mean it was on BBC2 for 6 episodes and each was an hour long...

I think there are two versions. One is split into three parts with 100 minutes each and another one split into six parts. But both should have the same content.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

If you watch the Director's Cut... the deck gun disappears with no explaination at some point during the patrol.

In the full length TV version... you get to see WHY it was "suddenly gone."

[Laffertytig]

that amazon.co.uk link has 2 versions, 1 is 200 minutes and the other is 282 minutes.

is this the full length tv version?

[_Seth_]

Hi mate! I remember that the Norwegian broadcasting company (NRK) sent this a loooong time ago..(in the 80's...I had to watch it from a hiding place, cause my parents wouldn let me see it, cause i was too young...) I agree that the long version is the best, no doubt! And as bigboywooly says, the full TV version is probably available on DVD also..!

[gord96]

what is extra in the 300m version? any more sinkings?

[Jimbuna]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_...words=das+boot

[Kaleun Cook]

I'm deeply sorry: the tv version indeed is available on DVD. I was so sure there is only the director's cut available that I didn't search for it. Again: sorry.

@ the people asking what's in the extra minutes: there are no more sinkings but more atmosphere. I think the time down on the ground at gibraltar is much longer in the tv version to transport the many hours the crew fought against the flooding.

[Genferret]

Originally Posted by Kaleun Cook

I'm deeply sorry: the tv version indeed is available on DVD. I was so sure there is only the director's cut available that I didn't search for it. Again: sorry.

@ the people asking what's in the extra minutes: there are no more sinkings but more atmosphere. I think the time down on the ground at gibraltar is much longer in the tv version to transport the many hours the crew fought against the flooding.

Been a while since I saw the "original" and the Director's Cut, but you are correct about the 300min one adding a lot more atmosphere. More time with the crew doing daily activities, I want to say that the part where they sit on the bottom is indeed longer as well.

I went out looking on Amazon recently and saw the Director's and the Original Uncut version (300m), so I wasn't sure which to get and if it would be worth it. Thankfully one of the cable channels I get here (IFC I think it was, or the other indie films channel) played it recently. In fact, they've played it about 3 times in the last 2 weeks. First two times I managed to catch it about 1/2 way through, 3rd time I got to see the whole thing. In my opinion it's definitely worth it.

Another thing to note, from the 300m version I saw out on Amazon, is that it includes both the 300m version on the first Disc *AND* the Director's Cut on the 2nd Disc.

• DVD Features:
  • Available Subtitles: English, French
  • Available Audio Tracks: German (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), German (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Original five-hour extended version
  • Includes restored original stereo audio and newly created 5.1 audio from the original stereo
  • Making-of featurette and the director's cut