Das Boot (the original uncut version DVD)

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Terragon

Bought mine as part of the Wolfgang Peterson collection. Directors Cut, still pretty good. Mom's side of the family is German, so I know a little bit, but not nearly enough to keep up with three hours worth of it. Used English subtitles, quite a powerful movie. The best sub movie I probably have ever seen. U571 was such a let down, don't you agree?

i haven't seen it, and nothing i've heard about it so far has made me want to.

i do really like 'hunt for red october' and i saw 'crimson tide' (if that's even the right title - gene hackman, denzel washington, that one) when it was in the theaters. and saw the old one with... er... clark gable and william holden? is that 'run silent, run deep'? with an ex-boyfriend years ago.

obviously, i'm not a submovie connoisseur by any means, lol. but i do love a really well-made film and 'das boot' certainly qualifies in every respect IMO. didn't realize it would jumpstart so many new and interesting things for me to get into, but i'm certainly having a good time with all of it.

i messed around with learning a little german years ago and have started trying to pick some up again - just my luck a german family now living here in the states just joined up at my dojo so i have the little girl in my kid's class and the dad's been coming to our adult classes as well. gives me chance to use (and not forget) what little german i have, although i must say the opportunities to yell 'anblasen' are, sadly, few and far between in that context.