Das Boot Q

[sharkbit]

I am always struck more by the faces of the crew at the end of the movie as they are pulling up to the dock, rather than the air raid, the sinking of the sub, and the collapse of the captain.

Compare the look of the crew at the end of the movie to when they are lined up on deck, preparing to sail at the beginning.
Not like the smiling, happy crew that you see in the newsreels and photos.
Their eyes are a lot more haunted and many, if not all, have been changed by what they've gone through. That has always been one of the more striking moments for me in the movie.

I agree with what someone said above. I have never said, "Wow, what a great ending!" In fact I was a little dissapointed in the ending when compared to the book. Maybe I need to watch the movie again-it's been about 5 months since I last saw it.

The ending is not so good as in the book? Weell, filming a full attack sequence like it's described in the book would have raised the production costs by a large sum, especially since it was filmed full sized and not in model-scale.
Buchheim once said, that if he had known that he would write two sequels, the ending of "Das Boot" would have been quite different.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by gmuno

since it was filmed full sized and not in model-scale.

Err, there were two small models of U96 as well. One for surface scenes and one for the submerged scenes. The U-boat dummy on which the crew is standing during leaving and returning to port wasn't used for the scenes at sea IIRC (but it is some 15 years ago since I visited the Bavaria Filmstudios were they told us about the movie).

[Schroeder]

Sorry, it seems I misunderstood you.
I would love to edit/delete my last post, but somehow the button doesn't work.:hmm:

[barkhorn45]

I remember taking my wife to see thhe movie when it first came out.She was not a military history nut like myself by any means but at the end when the ship is bombed and sunk she actually cried saying"after all they went thru to die like that".
I found her reaction moving and quite interesting.She did'nt view them as nazi's but as men enduring the unendurable only to die at the point of seeming safety.

[StarFox]

Best thing to do, watch Das Boot uncut and play Silent Hunter III

[B.N.R.T.]

All right, that's it, you've done it.

Off to watch Das Boot. Again.

[Jimbuna]

SINK EM ALL!!

[Rhodes]

Originally Posted by StarFox

Best thing to do, watch Das Boot uncut and play Silent Hunter III

But it's something hazardous to do, at same time, because one may forget is kaleunt responsibilities for watching the film and/or, one may shout aaaallaaarrrrmmm or head flank, 90m dept when attacking a convoy because he heard a sonar ping and thought that was discovered by the escorts, and with was from the movie...