Set in world war ii, from the perspective of german uboat submarine sailors, this film keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a tv miniseries 1985, in several different home video versions of various running times, and. Petersens film then shifts suddenly and dramatically to heartpounding tension as the sub engages in battles with british warships. At the end of the first attack by the destroyer where she misses the uboat and throws her bombs further away the boatswain makes 22, then 23 strokes on the slate of the control centre,thus counting the number of depth charges used against the boat. The submarine pens the sub sets out from, and site of the tragic air raid at the end, are real. This 1997 release of wolfgang petersens directors cut, is not a minor readjustment but a substantially longer film, running 210 minutes. A few seconds later, in a shot from another angle, with the slate in full view, we see only 22 strokes. The name of the group u96 is a reference to the film. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, german uboats have begun to take heavy losses. Chaque morceau nous plonge dans lunivers du film et les differents scenes. The boat is a 1981 west german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by gunter rohrbach, and starring jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, and klaus wennemann. A mockup of the u96 submarine was created for the movie to be shot in.
The main difference between the two versions is the inclusion of several more scenes involving individual characters storylines that flesh out and expand upon their personalities and emotional arcs. With jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, klaus wennemann, hubertus bengsch. A complete u boat was built using the original blueprints. The characteristic lead melody of the soundtrack, composed and produced by klaus doldinger, took on a life of its own after german rave group u96 created a remixed techno version in 1991. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The soundtrack is now available to streamdownload on amazon, where you can also listen to audio samples. But at the same time, its also a rare approach to a war movie in that it shows the story from the other side of the. Now future generations can come to appreciate such greatness. The album features selections of the original music from the shows second season composed by matthias weber the dark valley, my best enemy. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits. The boat is a 1981 german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by gunter rohrbach, and starring jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, and klaus wennemann. For filming the whole set was moved on hydraulic rams so that the actors felt like they were in a real u boat being depth charged or in stormy seas. Herr doldingers concise, precise, clean, unpretentious music direction and composition, a phenomena which. It took until 1981 to make this based on a 1973 novel, which speaks volumes about the struggle that germans have had to come to terms with their war history, and to be comfortable with reflecting germans as being.
As the original film s plot ends in december 1941, the series setting takes place nine months later, in 1942. The real captain of u96, heinrich lehmannwillenbrock, joined the navy in 1931 and served as navigator of the naval tender weser from 1933 to 1935. This is no doubt a metaphorical stab at the fact that the nazi overlords essentially sent literal boatloads of uboat men into the meat grinder. This sequel to wolfgang petersens classic film takes place on a new uboat. There are no moments of filler on this soundtrack, made longer by the fact that it now accompanies petersons directors cut issued in 1998. Maybe it is true that epic themes make the greatest novels and films. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a tv miniseries 1985, in several different.
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