Das Boot (1981) - Convoy attack - English subtitles

[@stevenmoore4612]

War on the high seas is just as brutal as war on land. This movie is a timeless masterpiece.

[@jaakkosaha5787]

In the early stages of the war both sides usually picked up enemy survivors. As the war progressed it became far more bitter.

[@stevenmoore4612]

Especially after May of ‘43 known as black May by the Germans when the allies were sinking record numbers of u boats. Understandably the Germans would have resentment towards the British and Americans for killing many of their comrades.

[@y.r._]

@@stevenmoore4612 May 43 was not the issue. Laconia was. In 1942, a german U-Boat tried to rescue the crew of the Laconia, but got attacked by allied airforce. Another driving factor was the increasing allied bombardement of german cities, which was explicitly stated in the Laconia-Order - basically "don't rescue enemy crew, don't be compassionate, the enemy also shows no mercy on civilians when bombing our cities to rubble".

[@jeffmilroy9345]

It is far, far more brutal when ill winds kick up and shoal water abounds. RIP seagoing victims of the blizzard of 78. RIP Charley Bucko and Frank Quirk and crew.

[@andrzejhinc6404]

Nah, its more of the Laconia fault ​@@stevenmoore4612

[@professor.moriarty9803]

This is one of the best war films I have ever watched in my life, no CGI, no coincidence, no protagonist miracles. Outstanding performance from all casts, extremely realistic. 10/10

[@quantummusicde]

There was no cgi in 1981 😊 And this is good

[@Kleberei]

@@quantummusicde Tron came out in 1982. Looker in 1981.

[@quantummusicde]

@@Kleberei they use no cgi, Look the making of

[@stephenokeefe7068]

Thank you W. Peterson for putting us in that U-boat absolute masterpiece of film, moved me more than any war movie ever

[@target42100]

most realastic war film ever made. To put things into perspective a little as horrific as this scene is 40,000 men served in u-boats during ww2 only 10,000 survived.

[@deneshbhaskar8650]

It was a safe job in the start of WW2 however with radar improving...the death rate is just crazy. 3 out of 4 U-boat mens coffin was the U-boat

[@mikkel066h]

@@deneshbhaskar8650 It was sonar and improved weapons to deal with U-boats like the hedgehog system. And yes improved radar on patrol planes claimed many uboats as well.

[@matthew-us9ti]

It's also important to think of the allied sacrifice. 73 thousand allied personnel including merchant navy died in the Atlantic alone. The British and Americans would lose an additional 76 warships and 48 submarines in the Mediterranean not including enormous merchant navy losses. Crazy how much blood shed there was at sea

[@Rockhunter329]

One source I saw said 785 out of 1162 Uboats were lost.

[@azbag1906]

The British also captured the secret German code machine and the Germans were not aware for sometime. The Ally’s were able to intercept u-boat transmissions for a while around this point in the war. This movie is an all time great and it still holds up to this day. (Yes copied this comment and put it in the main thread)

[@spaman7716]

I love the range of emotions they intend for the audience to have in this scene. The first bit of anticipation for them to hit the convoy, the feeling of joy when you hear the booms (because you are cheering on these men by this point), then the slow realization that war is not just Cowboys and Indians, and that war has consequences. Such an amazing film.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

My grandfather was a merchant marine in the Atlantic. He said they were told to sleep in their uniforms with their life vests on and it was not a joke. If you were going to get hit it would probably be at night and you'd have no warning whatsoever. Some ships were so old and rickety the crew slept on the deck rather than risk being trapped belowdecks.

[@Ozgur72]

Cowboys and Indians had consequences too.

[@bowelrupture]

Some ships were badly build also. There are stories of ships breaking apart at open sea. In WWII it was all about quantity, instead of quality. @@Rutherford_Inchworm_III

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

@@Ozgur72I think he's saying it's not like the pretend game "cowboys and indians" (not literally the conflicts in the American Frontier), but I get your point

[@quantummusicde]

Germans are not only stupid Bad guys like in other movies. They have fear, they have pain and they die. Most of them were tired of war. They only knows the german propaganda.

[@sdietri22]

Submarines had no room for survivors. A brutal but necessary action. War is ugly and cruel.

[@taras3702]

Yes, and it turns people into monsters. That is why so many who have been through a war cannot adjust to a normal life, ever again. Civilians as well as soldiers.

[@BrianSmith-yq7ys]

Sometimes they would give them water and their position if they were in life rafts

[@RpunktBpunkt-v1c]

Google for Laconia. 1942. That incident led to the Laconia Order.

[@iee4g6]

They had just enough room for themselves, let alone prisoners of war

[@berniemorales9072]

I held off my bladder while watching the movie

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

I saw this as a little kid. Coming from Hull I grew up knowing alot of old men who'd either served in the military, the merchant navy or who had worked the King George docks during the war. Hull was perhaps the most bombed target in the UK due to its military significance as a port and its connections to the Baltic, as well as the Humber estuary being a major landmark for the Luftwaffe so that they could attack other targets like Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester and Liverpool and coalfields in those counties. Any German bombers damaged on their way to these other targets would turn back home with their payload and drop it on Hull to ensure that they had at least hit a target and to make their journey home easier with a lightened load. So to say that there was ill will towards the German people is something of an understatement. My grandmother saw this film and it finally humanised them to her. She had her first child, my uncle John, the first night the Germans bombed Hull. Her husband was conscripted and sent off to fight in Egypt. She spent night after night learning to fear and hate the Germans. Then she saw this and suddenly realised that after all these years she'd been hating scared kids who just wanted to go home.

[@iftikharfaridy2974]

Beautiful words . . May you and your grandma be blessed . .

[@pikiwiki]

So sad. So true

[@rachelar]

They still gunned down helpless merchant seamen and took no prisoners. This ain't "The Land that Time Forgot"

[@marcomontanarini1836]

No ! German submariners did respect the current laws of war almost to the end of the conflict. The only instance when a german submarine did shot at men in the water was on 13th March 1945 when U 852 sunk the Peleus. The submarine's captain ordered to sink the wreck with machin gun fire thus hitting the sailors in the water. The captain was convicted for such crime by the allies, found guilty and executed. It was the only instance when such thing happened for the U bootes. If you want to look at submariners or servicemen routinely machine gunning men in the water just look for the US Navy. Or even the Royal Navy who did machine gunned sailors in the water at Narvik or sunk most of the Italian hospital ship despite flying the red cross as per convention (this nasty piece of warfaring happened when the tide was already on british side, so no retaliation to fear).

[@Defender78]

Not all Germans were or evil, and yes they wanted to go back to loved ones, but in the end they were still supporting a regime that wanted to burn pplb into charcoal and exterminate Jews

[@johnfish1194]

Possibly the greatest submarine movie ever made. Great job all.

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Possibly?

[@ishtvaan9789]

There is one scene missing, right after the ending of this one, and I tried to translate them better. Officer: “There are STILL people on board! There!” Captain: “Why has nobody picked them up from the ship? Damn it! So many hours!” Officer: “They’re heading towards us, Captain!” Captain: “Both engines back half speed.” --- this scene is followed by a scene in the captain’s room and IMHO should have been added. The officers sit around the table, shocked, speechless or in thought. Captain: ”Not a good thing. But there was no alternative.” Leutnant Werner: “Why?” Captain: “I beg your pardon?” Leutnant Werner: “Why did it have to be?” Captain: “Because we don’t even have enough room on board for the fifty men who are needed here! How many would you have picked up? One? Ten? A hundred? We have orders to sink enemy ships where we find them. Everything else you may ask the “Gentlemen” who started this war”.

[@fritzwilhelm7175]

The whole sequence with the waterbombs is missing after the first attack

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

Thanks for adding this.

[@doofkos]

@@fritzwilhelm7175, indeed, but nevertheless some of the superstructures of the "Boot" are badly damaged.

[@paavobergmann4920]

@Tim Taylor jup. Also the look on their faces when they hear the bulkheads breaking, realizing they just drowned hundreds of people as the "targets" sink rapidly.

[@Exodon2020]

Another U-Boat did just that after sinking the British Ocean Liner Laconia, took as many survivors as possible on board and all liftboats in tow. It ended up being spotted by an American Torpedo Bomber and despite the Pilot correctly identifying the scene as a Rescue Mission and relaying that information to his Commander he was still ordered to attack - which he subsequently did. Admiral Doenitz reacted promptly by prohibiting any further Rescue Attempts - which caused him to get a place on the dock at the Nuremberg Trials. On the American side there has neither been an investigation nor has anyone ever faced charges over attacking an ongoing rescue effort and recklessly endangering Allied Soldiers and Civilians alike.

[@dylandettorre]

The depth charge scenes in this movie were absolutely terrifying. I'm 99% sure all of us held our breath in those scenes.

[@Piece-Of-Time]

"From this moment, it's a psychology" Damn, I've watched 5 hours long version(which is mini-series, but I've watched them within a day), and it didn't get boring for a second. Even during the moments when nothing really happens, they somehow felt this fast. And now there are scenes with The Boat being spotted and bombed. Each time I was thinking if it's gonna end now and from this moment the movie(series) will be about the other captain

[@LordZontar]

The cinematography of the scene with the burning wreck on the surface is pure artistry. It gives you a sense that U-96 had actually surfaced in some part of Hell.

[@louise_rose]

And it was produced long before modern CGI! The comment track of the Director's Cut dvd is very interesting, as Petersen talks us through how the scenes were actually made, props and real ships, discusses picture compositions and their impact, the acting and so on...

[@CharliePuma]

That's exactly what I said! The red lighting, the moody, brooding, terribly dark piano stabs, the dialogue and sounds, and most of all, the captains face. One of the most impactful scenes of any movie I've ever seen. Another amazing scene is when the are stuck in the straight of Gibraltar. Amazing movie. 10/10

[@Piece-Of-Time]

Pretty sure this boat would swim through hell and it would still work

[@jasondelmaitre2838]

I've never seen a film which is so realistic like this. Miles better than the whole Hollywood shit.

[@0klahoma228]

in germany we say "deutsche wertarbeit" and ich glaube es es ist wunderschön jaja!

[@GreatLeviathen]

There actually are plenty. Band of Brothers for example is very realistic and is "hollywood" :)

[@GreatLeviathen]

@Thomas Rosøy If you would read up on the books written by people that were there at those parts you would know band of brothers did a good job on being realistic. But looking at your reaction you have no idea about history. I live nearby the area and heard it all from my great grandfather who fought in 40-45.

[@GreatLeviathen]

@Thomas Rosøy Again you need to read up on things. Band of Brothers is 1 of the most realistic ones out there. Can find it on the internet or ask people that heard the stories from their family or if people are still alive ask them. Anyway, the US did liberate us. Who else did? Russia? France? lol. No, without the US, Germany would have won. It is facts and your conspiracy opinions don't matter in that.

[@GreatLeviathen]

@Thomas Rosøy Ok you clearly didn't pay attention to history. Keep believing your made up conspiracy stories ok. You weren't here when it all happened and my great grandfather was. Sorry to burst your fake bubble but the US has done more good than most in the world. Never seen russia do good or china, north korean, ukraine and so on. Also the war in ukraine at this moment is ukraines own fault. they shouldn't have applied to nato or the EU. They have no business here. Zelensky is the real issue here, an actor that failed acting and now wants to act with speeches to pull everyone into his pity story for fame. Biden is an idiot yes, Putin is an idiot yes, Zelensky is just as bad as all of them.

[@ThePerfectRed]

2:33 when he yells into the guys ear from an inch - it is these small realistic details that separate this movie from Hollywood.

[@kpd3308]

At least during part of the war, convoy ships were ordered not to stop for survivors, for fear that they would also be attacked. They had to sail past any survivors, knowing that their fellow sailors were doomed. I am sure that was agonizing to do.

[@novat9731]

There is a story during WW1, usually just called 'Action of 22 September 1914'. Where the British lost 3 armored cruisers to a single submarine. How? Well the first sinking was just competence on part of the Germans, but the two subsequent sinkings were made significantly easier by the British stopping to take on survivors. There was even a British sailor, Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave. He was present on all 3 sinkings, being present on the first cruiser then rescued twice to be sunk on the other two as well. Before finally being picked up by a Dutch trawler sometime after the battle. Considering the top speed of some merchant ships during WW2 being in the 10-15 knot range. With significant difficulties getting there. The choice to simply sail on was probably not a bad idea, regardless of how cold it may sound.

[@gildor8866]

From 1941 on there were often ships at the end of the convoy specifically tasked with picking up survivors, so your best hope was for this ship to pick you up.

[@philipmain5701]

True - my father was on the Shirvan which was torpedoed off Iceland in convoy. An Icelandic freighter stopped to rescue the survivors. This ship was then torpedoed and my father was on a life raft next to the Icelandic captain who took a flask of brandy from his pocket and shared it with the survivors. When this flask arrived at my father it was empty so he dipped in the sea, took a sip and passed it to the captain who drank it without comment. Due to the fact that the Icelandic freighter had stopped to rescue survivors against convoy rules he was subject to a board of inquiry which my father was ordered to give witness along with a ship mate. Due to a technicality, this enquiry was suspended so my father and his shipmate went to the Savoy for a meal - the waiter came and opened an opened an unordered bottle of wine - when questioned he pointed to a table where the Icelandic captain had ordered the wine. Standing to toast the Icelandic captain my father said the wine tasted of sea water. My father, Captain Francis L Main said that the water was so cold that within 3 minutes the drowning men were gone, all was silence - I have the commendation for his actions during that episode framed and on my wall signed by C Atlee

[@torarildhenriksen371]

During the winter convoys on the barents sea there was no point picking anyone up because of the low sea temperature. They died of hyperthermia just after a few minutes.

[@kpd3308]

@@torarildhenriksen371 the time duration is often exaggerated. Even in freezing seawater, a person can usually last at least 30 minutes before death. Of course anyone retrieved would require immediate proper treatment for recovery. I recall a true story of men that were rescued from the North Sea, due to an oil derrick fire, if I recall, and they all died because the well-intentioned rescuers gave them hot coffee.

[@zookatone]

Great movie. One of the few movies I legally bought on DVD. The father of my godfather was captain of the U96. He survived the war. They just let him die in the movie because they considered it a more dramatic ending.

[@Crusaderbois]

That’s is so interesting.

[@CrazySC833]

Echt?

[@Di3cy]

Well they didnt really let him die though right? I mean it is open to interpretation... And considering there are 2 more books after "das boot" i doubt the KaLeun is dead

[@TexasChilliMassacre]

A friend of my mother served on U96 too.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Apparently, the captain doesn’t die at the end of the movie, but is severely wounded. Not sure where I read that.

[@zt76831]

The original 293-minute version was, by far, the best (if you can sit through five hours of film, that is).

[@jde-jj1lu]

I can't find it

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

@@jde-jj1lu it's the original Mini-Series version

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

The longer the better!

[@Dutchmancaptain]

To everyone who thinks war is a solution to problems: watch this scene again and again an remember: THAT is war!

[@urmo345]

war is WAY worse!

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

@@urmo345 Nonesense. I've been preparing for all out nuclear war since I was a kid by playing COD my entire life. Failed school, live in my mom's basement. I'm ready kick ass.

[@Dolfa_LPH]

@@gentlemanvontweed7147 i have come from three years in the future to say, 💀💀💀

[@Gun_Metal_Grey]

@@Dolfa_LPH he was sarcastic lol

[@carrerau7138]

WW2 solved the Hitler problem.

[@jessesmith-garcia5313]

I like how the Captain describes the scene, like he's done this sort of thing many times before.

[@MoneyTrees2012]

What makes it even more sad is they were so desperate and out of options they were willing to swim to the enemy and become a POW just to get out of their situation

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

Exactly. I have watched this movie four or five times (disclaimer, I'm German) and I always cry during this scene. It's just such a soul-crushing scene to watch.

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

This is a true classic. Couple this with The Cruel Sea and you've got the Battle of the Atlantic. Both fantastic pieces of cinematic art, neither glorifying an horrific battle.

[@michaelengel3407]

Reality of war up to our days. No glory but suffering and death.

[@StarryNight007]

Also Greyhound on Apple tv. 2020 film with Tom Hanks

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

​@StarryNight007 Never seen it nor wanted to. It seems too much like 'Murica saves the world. Even though they were 2.5 yrs late!

[@janineboitard6492]

I was literally in a cold sweat watching this for the first time over 40-years ago... spectacular movie! 😊

[@Falkirion]

Seriously the best $15 I've ever spent on a movie. Great film, albeit long.

[@paulcrombie9623]

My Grandad used to work on the Merchant ships luckily he survived the scourge of the U- boats, five years, he came home, my dad didn't even know who he was when he came back! He never met his own dad in the duration of the war.

[@Natedawg38]

The way the sub just creeps away is so sinister.

[@vasvas8914]

The camera work is absolutely phenomenal in this movie.

[@vorlonb3]

I quite agree with the poster of this its easily one of the most heart wrenching and accurate portrayals of life under the water. The 5 hour version is even more damming and gripping.

[@NKA23]

Yeah, it would have made it a completely different movie. "The Boat" is about soldiers serving their duty in a submarine. Except the blonde "political officer", no man of the crew is a nazi. They´re just soldiers doing their job. The Captain is even critical towards the nazis and he has his doubts about the whole war as well, but he is pissed of that nobody rescued those English or American civilian sailors. He doesn´t hate them, he hates causing "collateral damage".

[@charles07km83]

The “Nazi” Meaning was a nickname gived to them by allied propaganda because of the NSDAP they were fascism but they were soldiers

[@oblivious108]

I remember watching this film for the first time with my dad and I was enjoying it. But when I saw the poor British sailors jumping into the ocean after being attacked, I was on the verge of tears as they cried for help with no one to answer them.

[@haitolawrence5986]

Most likely Canadians or Americans actually.

[@largol33t1]

@@haitolawrence5986 Makes sense. We and our northern neighbor were the ones supplying the British at this point in the war. Winston Churchill said nothing terrified him more than the U-boats and I'm sure the attack on Scapa Flow by U-47 cost him many nights of sleep...

[@rexringtail471]

0.01% chance they were British, that would mean they were contributing to the war

[@noahschaar280]

Skill issue

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

@@haitolawrence5986 british sailors did take part, merchant navy

[@lewissparrow7417]

I agree with everyone here, this is one of the best war movies ever made. In the end it's about surviving not about how many ships you sink or people you kill in the process. The characters are so realistic especially when you watch the German language version with English subtitles, I love the little details with the characters, most of them by the end need a haircut and shave but one of the officers in particular doesn't and he's always tidy and smartly dressed. Most U boats didn't have a doctor on board only somebody with a bare minimum of medical training and a manual to read so they couldn't have done anything for the survivors of that tanker even if they wanted to. The set design is brilliant, they haven't spaced it out- that's literally how cramped these boats were. Yes they finished that tanker off but there were countless ships in that position that somehow survived and were repaired and put back into service, plus it all counts towards the boat's tonnage score one way or another. I think the whole cast are excellent in this movie and I love the soundtrack. Most Kreigsmarine captains were quite chivalrous and tried to avoid loss of life if they could help it- there's lots of documented cases saying so (there was a few "bad eggs" but we had those aswell) and there actually wasn't that many Nazis in the Kreigsmarine. Even so you still had to be careful with what you said or did because somebody would report you.

[@AnimePrayer]

Just imagine you drive as a sailor on a freighter in a convoy and the ship in front of you get hit and sunk by a torpedo. The crew jumps overboard and begging for help while you pass them, looking like from a high wall of steel down on them and you are unable to help, because stopping means death. Or you pass a disabled ship. Both, ship and seaman, become smaller and smaller until they are out of sight. You know they are doomed and when you hear a bang from far away you definitely know they sink now to the bottom of the ocean. On land you can crawl to get to a secure place. But not on the sea. And you live with this fear and incertitude minute by minute, day by day and weeks by weeks!

[@jojoanggono3229]

I'm sure those sailors pray a lot when enroute from Canada to England and vice versa. The fright of those torpedo going to wreck their ship is constantly in their mind.

[@TheYamR6Sp]

This is one of the best pieces in the history of films!

[@Sou1defiler]

You also have to take into account that the vast majority of men who would jump into the water were dead in seconds, either due to hypothermia from thermal shock or because there was so much oil and tar in the surrounding water it would have dragged them under the water and drowned them before they had swum 10 yards. Convoys themselves tended to be of the attitude "every ship for themselves", it sounds callous but better to lose 3 ships than a whole convoy picking up survivors

[@leebutton1062]

Not really me Grandad was sunk on Ark Royal and most survived - plenty survived Titanic!

[@surprisedchar2458]

@@leebutton1062 The vast majority of passengers on the Titanic died. Out of 2200 people aboard, only 706 lived.

[@slycarlo8747]

I’m using this film as inspiration to learn German again, it’s honestly such an interesting language.

[@warnemunde]

and ?? how is your german now ? would you say the English subtitles is propper ?

[@Karl37112]

Some people might ask, why they weren't picked up. First of all, there wasn't sufficient room for added personal. But most of all was the Laconia-Order from Admiral Karl Dönitz. Before the U-96 shipped out (submarine of the movie), there was another u-boat, which sunk and took the survivors of the british ship 'Laconia' which transported british civilians, free-polish-army troops and italian POW's. The result: An american bomber, dropped a bomb onto the submarine while the submarine had the red-cross on the tower, still transporting civilian survivors and the local allies forces were aware lf the civilians on board. They still bombed it, due to the submarine still being a dangerous warship, so a threat to allied forces. So the U-Boat Administration by Karl Dönitz, gave out the order to all submarines: That no survivors/prisoners of the allied are to be taking into the U-Boat or shall not receive any aid consistent of food/medicine etc. They were supposed to hang out to drown. If this order wouldn't have been given, the captain would have given it all a second thought.

[@bauerwilhelm]

The "Laconia-Befehl" was given September 1942 but the movie takes place in 1941!

[@BrokenAngelWings]

@@bauerwilhelm The Thing is that the Type VII barley had enough place for it's own crew. How should it have rescued than the survivors?

[@surprisedchar2458]

Das Boot takes place almost one full year before the Laconia was sunk. So no, the captain made a choice between the dying sailors and his own men. No doubt a hard one to make, but seeing just how crammed the u-boat already was, I can see why he made that choice.

[@yzdatabase4175]

you think US subs picked up Jap survivors?

[@brendanmccallion2350]

3:51 Masterpiece. Enough said.

[@coba83]

War never changes... War is cruel and ruthless.

[@uboot1967]

Perhaps the very best movie I ever watched. Greetings from Greece

[@gregmanko4035]

One of my favorite war movies - and I have seen many!

[@fredericosantos4185]

Wow, what a sinister tension in this scene. That's why it's an eternal classic.

[@mikebennet7697]

I like how they all run up to the front of the boat when diving for extra balllast. Reminds me of all the fleas running up to my dogs nose when I give him a bath.

[@barker262]

Proof that great sound design and realistic sets (Uboot interiors) are better than CGI.

[@JohnJohansen2]

IMHO The best WW2 movie ever made.

[@ChrisSmith-lo2kp]

after basic training in norfolk in 1939, my father was briefly on destroyer escort duty in the north atlantic from philadelphia to iceland - he said the u-boat sailors were very good from all their training in the north sea ~ he was transferred to san diego in 1940 and on to the south pacific until getting sunk in october 1942, then was spotting at the cherbourg harbor bombardment in july 1944

[@jothain]

Das Boot and Band of Brothers. In my opinion definitely best war movies/series.

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

Meh. Best and historically most accurate movies are the Battle of the Bulge (1965) and Fury.

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

Gentleman Von Tweed Fury? Obvious troll.

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

@@Leon_der_Luftige 😂

[@michaelagnew7493]

​@@gentlemanvontweed7147 But Battle of the Bulge has very little snow in it, right? I just couldn't get over that even though I like Telly Savalas

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Band of Douches!

[@nicholasramsey5331]

Damn. That Tanker sure looked like she had long ago been abandoned by all of her crew, etc at this point.

[@morning_glorymonster3473]

This is how you do a movie: real story, good music, convincing camerawork, no CGI, no cliches, no PC bulshit.

[@lomax343]

To be fair, CGI is not a bad thing. It's just a film-making tool, and like all tools, it can be used well or badly. CGI only becomes bad when it's the whole film. CGI can make a good film better. Unfortunately, to many film-makers think it can make a bad film good.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@lomax343 Well put Lomax. As an aside, I attempted to watch the serial "Das Boot" that's been churned out over the last few years but only made it half way through the first episode. Absolutely AWFUL drivel. A travesty that betrays this masterpiece, full of the usual modern agenda. But as Hollywoke is now finding.... go woke go broke.

[@Seadog..C5]

One of the few questions I had regarding this great movie.. The dialogue of this one scene. When the captain questions why their own ships did not rescue them when they had 6 hours. All submarine captains and every captain at Sea, knew that you cannot stop a convoy to pick up survivors. Especially after a submarine attack

[@s.o.4339]

It was a rhetorical question. He knew that they would have either rescued them right away or not at all. The remaining crew probably attempted to rescue the freighter and didn't expect for the submarine to return. But what had to be done, had to be done ... that is war.

[@MrDerOutsider]

the translation is laughable.

[@MrGoodspeedy]

+MrDerOutsider naturlich

[@Toni-uc4nt]

+MrDerOutsider heul doch du englischexperte

[@MrGoodspeedy]

***** angepisst? Nein !

[@Toni-uc4nt]

+MrDerOutsider ichbinangepisstweilichimmerangepisstbinwennichangepisstseinwill.

[@doofkos]

Die Übersetzung ist nicht wörtlich, sondern "landestypisch". Wörtliche Übersetzungen sind oftmals Schrott. Ein Beispiel dafür liefert Asterix bei den Briten in satirischer Weise. Das klingt dann komisch, tut es nicht?

[@ElYeyuno]

Whatever you think of the war, this movie is one of the best I have ever seen.

[@sneekylinux]

if you ever want to watch a ww2 naval movie,and have 3 hours to spare,this is the one to watch,even if you can only get subtitled version,you will not be disappointed,i actully broke my vhs one a long time ago,so now have 2 copies on disc...

[@xpat73]

War is hell.

[@AllatoonaBass]

One of the best anti war movies ever made.

[@martinfranke846]

Much like Remarq's "All Quiet on the Western Front" for the first War.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

@martinfranke846 the first two versions of All Quiet On The Western Front were good, the latest rendition is terrible. The movie is supposed to start in 1914 and run until 1918.

[@OroborusFMA]

I do not understand why they would resurface when they just saw a destroyer. Or why they would use a precious torpedo on a ship that was a clear write-off already.

[@Antropologopt]

They didn't resurface when saw a destroyer. The submerge to hide and escape the the destroyer. Until the radar became normal series fitting, the tactic was night surface attack and escape, under the cover of the night. The film does gives the full moon menace, plus the detection from an escort for the scenes ahead. The final part was to confirm a sinking. Even a ship was completely write-off, if not sunk, it didn't count in terms of ships destroyed. It was normal to destroy or finish a ship (normally with the deck gun) after an attack, if the the torpedoes didn't manage to sunk it.

[@Ships_are_cool]

​@@Antropologoptto be fair Germany and German u-boats would not just let any merchant ship go those things are slow and added the fact that carrying tons of supplies it's going to be a bit more slower. So either the crew of the destroyer would sink a single ship and then leave while the majority of a freaking convoy would leave or the little more probable explanation the German U-boat would probably try and catch up with the other merchant ships.

[@RyanMcAul]

It wasn't finished off. That's why they returned to destroy it. The same reason probably the men weren't saved. As they were trying to save the ship. Some ships have returned to port in incredible states after an attack but made it out.

[@hydrobazooka]

4:21 I always laughed at that sound he made😂

[@benadam7753]

@705, the captain wouldn't have wasted a torpedo on a ship this badly damaged, he would've finished it off with the deck gun!

[@West.Ham1964]

I'm off to download this now, I was hooked for those 9 minutes so 3 hours will be no problems

[@b43xoit]

Final stage of blowing main ballast tanks used diesel exhaust, whereas US designs used a blower. In the German boats, clutches connected the engines to the dynamo shafts and from there to the propeller shafts. Therefore during surface running, the transmission was mechanical, not electrical. US designs used a wholly electric transmission and 4 engines.

[@azbag1906]

The British also captured the secret German code machine and the Germans were not aware for sometime. The Ally’s were able to intercept u-boat transmissions for a while around this point in the war. This movie is an all time great and it still holds up to this day.

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

They had no official confirmation that the British broke the Enigma code until the end of the war. Although Donitz and some of the more senior commanders started to suspect that the British were reading their messages by1943. As British hunter-killer groups always somehow seemed to know where their U-boats were.

[@dandyjesus]

Dieses unterdrückte Glucksen von Martin Semmelrogge bei 4:21.

[@ElYeyuno]

...And in real life, the Captain survives and was actually an adviser for the Director of this film.

[@pietervaness3229]

This video has VOLUME so low ONE can barely hear it X I HAVE the entire movie on 2 DVD s : ONE IN GERMAN , THE OTHER IN ENGLISH X I TRUST THIS MOVIE SHALL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THEE GREATEST X

[@CortinasforestalesChaco]

I am a ashamed , but I must to say in this film, for only time in my life , I feel that the germanis in the WWII must win him battle. Only a masterpiece can change the mind for a moment.

[@alpik06]

seriously...director's cut is so much better..what a movie

[@blitzy3244]

Alliedtards be like "UHH DIS A WARCRIME" instead of saving their comrades as they were suppose to do

[@tttdrr2293]

Never noticed that binoculars were so important in the war.

[@jojoanggono3229]

Yup, I believe binocular at battle station is linked to torpedo computer which calculate torpedo-target point of intercept.

[@CryoCoffinVampire]

I’ve never cried for a movie more than in this moment. 8:51

[@davidkendall1614]

Why they would waste a torpedo on a clearly destroyed ship defies logic. Good for dramatic effect.

[@ToughCookie992]

I'm going to buy the movie soon, can't wait to see it!

[@sillyone52062]

I paid DM 10 to see this in a German cinema, in German. Because I had slogged through the book (Frigging around 1, 2 and 3, Zzzzz!) Igot the gist of it. Magnificent film.

[@Sou1defiler]

Partially. But due to the incredibly cramped confines of the submarines that barely had enough room to contain their own crews they didn't really have much of a choice. In the time the Kriegsmarine called "The Happy Time" captains like Kretschmer would leave supplies for men in the water. When the convoy system began to be better escorted with more advanced weapons the U-Boats didn't have time to hang about, it was very much "fire off your torpedoes and run before you were depth charged."

[@robertricketts5467]

German,for sure,is the language of command and orders.

[@DusanStev996]

The translation sucks

[@kevincho1187]

I play this retro game, Silent Hunter 3. Due to how realistic that game is when calculating torpedoes hitting a target, i honestly get them celebrating a hit

[@HolgerLovesMusic]

0:45 "Merkwürdig" here: "That's funny" should be: "strange" , 0:50 "Wir haben hier einen von uns auf der anderen Seite?" here: "They could be off chasing one of ours" should be: "Do we have one of us on the other side?" , 1:02 "Verdammt hell!" here: "That damn moon!" should be: "damn bright!" , 1:44 "Wird klappen Herr Kaleun (Kapitän-Leutnant/Captain-Lieutenant), ganz sicher." here: "It'll work. We've got hem." should be: It'll work Sir Captain-Lieutenant, certainly." And many many more...

[@WieEiPiehGuy]

"Jagen die einen von uns auf der anderen Seite?". Wie kann man das so falsch verstehen?!

[@abooga8]

@@WieEiPiehGuy das habe ich ja auch gehören

[@dandyjesus]

Anyone notice this guttural sound by the ginger-haired guy at 4:22? Always gives me a chuckle.

[@dmer-zy3rb]

martin semmelrogge - funny guy both in the movie and in realife.

[@fedorsymkin2961]

They definitely won the second world cinematic war for the people's award of the most realistic and awesome moveis

[@LaatiMafia]

This is a bit cut-down version, the original uncut director's edition is the best :)

[@mactavish2401]

The reason why the u boat captain did'nt rescue the survivor is because of fuhrer order. But for the crew, it is a grim view.

[@SuperJuliusC]

0.15-0.30: The guy with the red beard on the left is Herbert Groenemeyer - Wrote and sang "Celebrate the day" (Official FIFA World Cup 2006 Song).

[@Folma7]

@persilbran, I agree. There are a "technical" glitches in the movie as well. Remember at the opening of this scene the Captain orders the boat to swing left to 180 degrees? He and the other officer the continue to look at the targets as if the boat hadn't changed heading at all.

[@NKA23]

If you want to see the whole movie, search for the German TV mini-series cut version, which has a complete running time of 282 minutes.

[@alyonav4078]

Великий фильм. О мужестве. На все времена.

[@monikawelke9846]

Ich habe Gespräche geführt! Habe Gott sei Dank die Möglichkeit gehabt

[@joeerickson516]

"Dive, dive, dive!" 👇

[@alanlej]

that's just a single point and detail of the movie yes. In a wider point of view, you missed the point ;) It's not just the best naval warfare movie, it's just kind of the only good war movie, warfare or anything else... The only one to truly depict war in its absurdity. Realistic, technical, no heroes, dramatic, no happy end, not plain epic. Just war, just bad. And great direction of actors.

[@palamidis]

The most expensive movie in the history of cinema until 1981

[@joeerickson516]

"Surface, Surface, Surface!" 👆

[@dylanfloyd777]

BEST MOVIE ABOUT NAVAL WARFARE EVER!!!!

[@The281093]

Not in the beginning of the war, they rescued the victims until 1942 when Dönitz gave the "Laconia-order" which forbade picking up survivors based on the Laconia-incident, when U-156 picked up survivors and was subsequently bombed by an american B-24. So Dönitz decided it was too risky to allow any rescue efforts.

[@pixelwheel]

best movie..full of suspense..you won't regret : )

[@JazzJaRa]

@sdietri22 Well the U-Boat Commander Reinhard Hardegen stopped a Greek merchant ship and ordered him to rescue the people of the ship he sunk before. As they steamed away without saving the survivors he stopped them again and told him that he would sink their ship if they doestn't rescue them. So there was also humanity under these Commanders.

[@largol33t1]

I have read a similar story: A U-boat sank a merchant ship. The captain was surprised that nobody came to rescue the survivors so the crew grabbed a piece of the ship that was still floating and tied it behind their ship. They towed them towards another merchant ship and said they wouldn't sink them if they promised to accept the survivors. True to his word, the captain turned around and submerged before they could tell the Allies their position. I would say from what I've read that the kriegsmarine was the least nazified of all branches of the military of the Third Reich.

[@Ah01]

@@largol33t1 Yes, that`s right. The kriegsmarine`s spirit was mostly a production of German empire under kaiser and catholicism..

[@camelsac]

@@largol33t1My grandfather served in the Kriegsmarine during WW2. He also served in the German navy after WW2 into the early 1960s. He hated Hitler and was a decent human being.

[@Brightgalrs]

A very powerful scene.

[@davidkolaga8489]

An excellent film. I can recommend the book as well

[@Otonosekai]

This is "QUALITY MADE IN GERMANY"... Loving greetings from Germany 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@WXUZT]

Very Very realistic ! Brilliantly made !

[@agenttheater5]

It was Ullman who was crying at the end wasn't it?

[@doofkos]

Yes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot#/media/File:DasBootcast.png

[@PeterNorton-p9x]

Ja.

[@jesterd14]

You've got to understand the nature of war, In wars people die. The convoy escorts were busy chasing the sub for hours, that was their job. The convoy steamed on after the attack. The tankers were put on the outside of the convoy on purpose. So they would not damage other ships if they were torpedoed. There are many stories of U-Boat captains coming to the aid of survivors, giving them food and medicine and offering to treat wounded sailors.

[@xtremenortherner]

These scene demonstrates IMHO that while politicians declare wars; its is the "common man" who eventually fills the ranks of the military. All men, regardless of nationality, have an inbred drive to help those in need. The military, because of its priorities..., must drill this instinct out in order for its soldiers/navy men to carry out their duty, however grim...,

[@sebastijanglozinic8630]

Convoys were also not allowed to stop. Even to pick up survivors. Because the U-boats hunted in packs, if any of the ships stopped, they would instantly become an easy target for other U-boats that may be lurking nearby.

[@paulherlihy9290]

Hard to watch that at the end, it was war and its no fairytale. After the Laconia incident, Dornitz gave the directive that under no circumstances were any torpedoed naval seamen to be saved.

[@antoniosvidakis]

I hear they are talking about a sequel. It will be called "Das Reboot"