DAS BOOT (1981) - First Time Watching | Movie Reaction!

[@tim10243]

When you said "once a nazi ..." at 38:39 you should know that there was an incident before where a german sub was attacked by US airforce while it had sailors on deck which were saved by the sub crew. There was no space inside the sub as you can see in the movie. This incident was the reason for the order that subs are not allowed to help sailors anymore. The order is known as "Laconia order". There are two sides sometimes.

[@Frightspear]

Yup. When he said that I stopped watching. Typical uneducated american.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

"If any ship will assist the ship-wrecked Laconia crew, I will not attack providing I am not being attacked by ship or air forces. I picked up 193 men. 4°53 South/11°26 West - German submarine" was a message sent across to the allies. The Brits understood the situation, the Americans tried to bomb the sub and killed some survivors.

[@teslatrooper85]

@@tim10243 the left guy is so embarrassingly USian 🤦‍♂️

[@isabelsilva62023]

@@teslatrooper85 Quite, he really ruined the reaction, the other 2 were trying to pay attention, maybe they will watch it again for themselves.

[@cassu6]

@@isabelsilva62023 It's very interesting how certain notions you think are through can make you so unable to see what you're presented with. I thought that scene is pretty clear on what it's trying to portray and yet so many people miss it

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

The dude on the left makes me think the US are modelling their education system on North Korean style Indoctrination.

[@2tone753]

You weren't automatically a Nazi because you were born in Germany or had German parents. I am 62 years old and my father was a Wehrmacht tank soldier from 1941-45. There was nothing about him that would suggest he was a Nazi. He raised us to be supporters of democracy. And you are not automatically a democratically minded person just because you were born in a democracy. The KKK, racists and participants in demonstrations in the USA with a swastika flag etc. marching are American natives. So you should get off your high horse and look after yourself. I know about the crimes committed by Germans during the Nazi dictatorship.

[@teslatrooper85]

@@2tone753 that's so typical USian. But when you call them slave traders, native murderers or something like that depending on the numerous crimes against humanity they all get defensive how not everyone was like that. The only Nazi on board was the II WO, who was mocked for that.

[@Gr8Buccaneer]

im sure less then 10% of the soldiers were nazis

[@fenrisulfur842]

Thanks! My Grandpa was serving the Kriegsmarine in 1941 in France, his Torpedoboot Flotilla was out to escort Bismarck back to France, but failed. His older Brother was driving a Panzer IV at the time in Russia, and the oldest died a week after the beginning of "Unternehmen Barbarossa" as a tank hunter. Whats your excuse to refuse, when you receive a letter, telling you, you have to become a Soldier during a War? Not at this time, not in Nazi Germany. I have friends in the UK and the US, and they ALL understand that. We had the topic "Das Boot" during a conversation some years ago, and they are old enough and had the chance to talk to their family members, who had to go through this madness. The younger generations wont understand

[@peterandjunko]

It’s a result of US media and educational descriptions of all Wehrmacht as “Nazis” over the past few decades in America. If you watch older films - pre 1980s -they are referred to as Germans or Krauts much more often. It’s clear in this film there is probably only one Nazi on the boat. But most Americans can’t differentiate or understand this.

[@Torfmoos]

My grandfather was a socialist and one of the first who was inprisend in a KZ for a year and a half. They let him go to make place for others, mostly jews. He than was forced to be a driving instructor cause the Nazis didn t trust him. In the very end he was sended to Berlin driving Explosives and ammunition to Berlin witch at that time was surrondwed by the russians. He never ever was a Nazi.

[@Llanovanya85]

Nice reaction in general, but I hate to say it, the left guy ruined it for me. It's a very intense and dramatic movie focused on character impressions and tension, and the sometimes smug comments and bad puns are unbearable. Also, who cares about contractors in his house. You can see that the other two are trying to focus on the movie and all they hear is "what you think is gonna happen next? let's bet". I know you probably wanted to leave a good first impression and shoot everything you have, but it was too much. Focus more on the movie, then you would've noticed that the guy you said "did nothing to help" was a guest on board and a war reporter, a journalist. anyway, take it as constructive criticism. less is more. sometimes your facial expression is more than enough reaction. And pay more attention to the movie and less to your performance

[@rollercoaster7531]

Totally agree

[@jimj9729]

He was trying so hard to sound smart that he made a fool of himself.

[@SlimNesbitt-p6s]

The Boat was nominated for six Oscars. Unfortunately, I have to say that the guy on the left did not understand the message of the film in the slightest. It was not about heroism or black and white thinking. It was about absorbing the horror of war and that, at the end of the day, the soldiers were just fighting for survival, not about Nazi slogans. My father was on the Russian front and he only told me about the war once, and I can tell you, you don't want to know what he told me. It was too cruel. Because the guy on the left kept talking throughout the film, he missed a lot of things. I also got the impression that he watched the film with prejudices. That is the only way to explain his comments. If you want to judge a film, you have to give it a chance. He never had that chance with that guy.

[@dervogelmann1125]

The boy scout on the left has no idea what`s going on...

[@zimbo65a]

I came for the movie... and I stayed for punching into the face of the explain man.

[@zapster252]

Same!

[@Harald-od7zu]

...then you didn't understand the movie...Sorry.

[@teslatrooper85]

@@Harald-od7zu The movies was about being so annoyed by the left guy you wanted to punch him?

[@catschorus4684]

For me, this is one of the best films of all time.

[@megatwingo]

The guy on the left completely ruined the reaction. This is the first reaction to "Das Boot" that I gave a thumbs down because of that annoying guy. I wrote further down the thread about his annoying error about the "Laconia Order" and the decision, not to rescue of the allied sailors. The general mistake to chose this ultra-short Das Boot version added to my decision to give this reaction a thumbs down, too. When the the war-correspondent Werner took photos inside of the submarine, I've noticed, that the annoying guy on the left missed the the absolute important information (if you want to understand the story of this movie), that Werner was indeed a war-correspondent and he missed the memo, that it was Leutnant Werner's job to take photos for later propaganda purposes. The guy on the left obviously thought, that the correspondent took the photos like a private person on a cruise ship or like a soldier, that wants to have some private photos from his service time, like I've noticed baffled from his comments. Sorry for the rest of the reactors, but you really chose the wrong guest for a reaction. The guy on the left thought he was smart (he wasn't) and he wasn't shutting his mouth and missed important story informations about the movie. God, he was starting to discuss his job and the way they do some kind of resumee at his place of work, during one of the really amazing scenes happened, when they showed the walk of the captain towards the submarine through the huge U-boot-bunker. One of the most iconic scenes of any submarine movie ever. Filmed in a real old German WWII submarine bunker...ruined by a guy, who wasn't able to comprehend the amazing nature of that scene and looked away from the screen and started talking about his job. Reactions for this absolute cult-movie are relative rare. If the reaction is ruined by the choice of the wrong, ultra-short old cinema version of das Boot (what never happened in any other reaction about that movie before) and especially: ruined by an insufferable guest reactor...it is too bad.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

All true, exapt one thing...the "Laconia order" wasnt in place in 1941. That was 1942. In the 5.5hour version the captain points out that there is no space and food for more people. In that version you can also see, that it was a personal decision by the captains comment "distance 650meter" and he wrotes down 950meter, so he protects himself and can claim "you cant see swimming people in the dark, one kilometer away"

[@megatwingo]

@@thomasnieswandt8805 Thank you for the information. I didn't knew the thing with the later date of the Laconia Order. I always wondered, why the captain said the thing with the limited space (what is true, btw) instead of mentioning the Laconia Order. Well, one learns new things every day.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

@@megatwingo you re welcome

[@IMFLordVader]

Yes I agree with you. The guy on the left was really annoying constantly saying "Nazi Nazi Nazi". And "we are the goods (the allies), feel sorry about pretonising with Nazis". All of the older Officers weren't believing Nazis. They were just german citizens who served their country. I guess that guy has no idea what "Nazi" means. It really destroyed that reaction video. He looks at least in his (early) 30s. He should have learned about empathy.

[@kaluschke]

I know I am repeating a lot of comments, but for my inner peace I have to. The guy on the left simply is unbearable - "the Nazis won again", "once a Nazi .." - he didn't understand anything. Talked at the wrong moments and missed important scenes and dialogues.

[@Cromi1111]

The left guy talks nonstop nonsense, he didn’t get the message of this movie. And of course, every German between 1933 - 1945 was a Nazi. He ruined the complete reaction

[@CEngelbrecht]

*"Why is she singing in French? I though this was a German movie."* At the least you can tell the difference.

[@DeBlessisBellier]

I love this movie. Thumbs down though because of the guy on the left who ruined the spirit of the movie with his stupid comments. Sorry. The guy in the middle and the lady on the right at least felt like they were watching the movie.

[@derkosso5913]

I couldn’t watch it till the end, because of the left guy. He ruined this movie reaction completely

[@HW-Origin]

Hell, one of the greatest movies ever in the worst version you can look with a guy who totally ruined it...

[@isabelsilva62023]

I have liked the video because of Samraq and Zara, the other guy ruined the entire reaction. Sadly he fits the stereotype of how the world views Americans.

[@zapster252]

Couldn't agree more. Well said.

[@th.burggraf7814]

I'm German and I don't know exactly what do you mean by that (the stereotype thing). Can you elaborate, please ?

[@miker8965]

@@th.burggraf7814 That the mental size of the average American is manageable.

[@erwanlm1819]

Who's Samraq ? Guy in the middle ?

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

I know hes a guest reactor, however... You realize that this is true story, dont you? This is the autobiography of Lother Günter Buchheim, german war reporter. In this movie he is "Lt. Werner" or like you said "the guy who did nothing". The captain of U 96 survived the war, He was called Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock and he was one of the best naval comanders in history. He was also the technical adviser for this movie and was on set while filming. Also, the chief, Fritz Grade, died last year at the age of 107. He was the last living crewmember of U 96 and the last living german U-Boat Officer of WW II

[@j.p.maisonneuve2605]

The left guy's comments were painful to listen to. Your generation is clueless at best. Maybe try reading a book...

[@danielprotiwa]

The book "Das Boot" is a 1973 autobiographical German novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim based on his experiences as a war correspondent on U-boat submarines.

[@megatwingo]

1) You took the shortest version of das Boot. The old cinema version. That is the worst version of all of the versions of das Boot out there. It was heavily modified and cut short and the movie lost its character almost completely in that short cinema version. You should have at least taken the Directors Cut. That is the shortest possible, halfway good version. But the ultra short Cinema Cut, you took here, is the worst version and you are the first of all of the reactors in all of the last years who reacted to that short crappy version. 2) They didn't took the allied sailors on board because of the so called "Laconia Order" that was given because of the infamous Laconia incident, where a German submarine took all allied sailors on board and towed them in boats...and were attacked by an allied bomber. The bomber continued to attack the submarine despite it was contacted by the submarine in clear text wireless messages about the allied sailors in the row boats behind them and on deck of the submarine. From then on the German submarines were forbidden to rescue allied sailors. That has nothing to do with the captain or his ideology-convictions, dear reactor... 🙄

[@MsOpportunity68]

Regarding point 2: The Laconia order wasn't a thing at this time in the war. The movie starts in the Autumn of 1941, the "Laconia Order", wasn't given until September 1942. However with the uncertainty of the destroyer proximity, the Captain couldn't be certain that they wouldn't come under attack. He made a hard call to leave the survivors in order to protect his crew, but it wasn't a decision he made lightly. (Don't forget they had survived a prolonged depth charge attack shortly after the original attack on the convoy).

[@megatwingo]

@@MsOpportunity68 You are right. I was wrong about the Laconia Order. It was given long after the time frame of this movie. So the longer version of this movie explained it the best with the explanation that the Captain gave to Leutnant Werner: There wasn't room enough on that submarine to rescue those sailors. Too bad, that those reactors chose the crappy ultra short cinema version of Das Boot. They are the first reactors on KZbin who did that. A wrong choice.

[@jeromedeparis]

36:35, It is impossible to take prisoners in a submarine in the middle of the ocean.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

no it was pretty common in the first couple years of the war. However in the 5.5hour version, the captain points out, that they had no food and space for more people. This movie is set in 1941. In 1942 it got prohibited to take prisoners, for U-boats. Because of the so called "Laconia order" Long story short, a german sub, had sunk the cruisship Laconia, by accident. The captain of the submarine ordered to take the lifeboats in tow and head for the next allied port. Nowing this would mean that he and all his crew would become POWs he painted his sub with a red cross and made an emergency radio call on an international frequency basically saying " german sub U 156, Captain Hartenstein, we have lifeboats in tow, need help, to all ships, all nations, send help" And in one of THE most outrages warcrimes, the Allied high command was like "Lol does he really think we are that stupid? Send the airforce" So help never came, insted there came Bombers... U 156 had to dive and abandon the people in the lifeboats, wo got bombed. After that, german naval command issued the "Laconia order" saying that no german sub is allowed to take prisoners.

[@hermannlandmeyer1004]

"Das Boot" is the most realistic submarine movie ever

[@Harald-od7zu]

As someone who is old enough to know active witnesses from the World War and who grew up in devastated post-war Germany, I have to ask you something. Are the soldiers who fought for their country all bad people? Are the victors, even though they killed almost a million non-combatants, old people, women and children in German cities with bombs, still good people? Did the soldiers who dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have the right to do so? Are they heroes or murderers? All I know is that the truth is written by the victors. Every educated and intelligent person who also values ​​Christian values ​​should be able to recognize the truth, no matter what any moralists say. War knows no morality and in the end there are no victors. There are only victims and lives that have been destroyed. What have all the wars before and after World War II improved, what have they brought to the world? More suffering, more poverty, hunger and destruction and ultimately even more wars. We should have left the law of the strongest behind us 2000 years ago, when we did not yet have weapons that could kill people en masse. Live long and prosper, greetings from Germany - not far from Ukraine...

[@2tone753]

In American films there are no psychological breakdowns, the officers are always tip top clean and the enemy never throws more than two depth charges. Everything is perfectly fine, nothing knocks an American submariner down. But that doesn't have anything to do with reality. There were German submarines, numbering up to 250 depth charges were thrown. No protection, no armor just millimeters of steel away from death. Later in the war, the so-called hedgehogs were used on the Allied side, and killer groups were set up on the individual submarines. The number of submarines sunk literally exploded. No nighttime sailing on the surface of the water as the planes could use radar. There is no room for heroism or victory, there is only room for death.

[@boubou230910]

Best war/antiwar film ever. Fuck trends and hypes and whatever mass media commands you to watch, and sit down to watch that masterpiece. I suggest the directors uncut version or the miniseries (bbc).

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

Clearly one of the best films ever. Authentic sets, language and acting without distracting special effect. Full Metal Jacket in the same genre is as iconic but it's not as captivating. Cheers from Germany ✌🏾

[@Goddybag4Lee]

The best thing about this movie is that we all can get to feel sympathy for the enemy. Something that makes us better humans. And if you didn't get it, its only one true Nazi in the entire crew the one who tries to be shaven all the time. If you see the 5 hour long TV series you'll get to understand the characters better. The War Correspondant here Leutnant Werner is by the way played by Herbert Grönemeyer who later became the biggest singer songwriter in the German language area.

[@SovermanandVioboy]

The term Nazi shouldnt be used so lightly - its actually made very clear that the only man on board whos true to Nazi idiology, is the 1st Officer (1WO) while the others dont seem to care much about it. The Captain even criticised the war efforts openly infront of the other officers, what could have easy lead to him being executed for Wehrkraftzersetzung, under different circumstances.

[@fenrisulfur842]

Even as an officer, a court martial would sentence you to death by a shooting squad

[@ingobordewick6480]

The captain is not suicidal at all.

[@garvielloken4114]

We all know this one guy who tries to be funny and actually annoys everyone.

[@fritzmeier1717]

58:00 The novel was written by Lothar Günther Buchheim. He was a war correspondent in WW2 and one time he accompanied a submarine raid into the atlantic. So his alter ego in this movie is Leutnant Werner.

[@44Tloc]

For us german speaking people this movie is so intense and real,even some veterans said it feels real,thank god our enemys are friends now👍from Austria

[@teslatrooper85]

36:00 They did rescue people earlier in the war, until the BdU issued an order not to. And as the captain mentioned, that would have been the task of the supply ships. That's one the reasons you have a convoy. And it's not like the british and the US or Canada were much different. Western audience is also ridiculous.

[@dirkspatz3692]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident

[@SovermanandVioboy]

The reason they are so desperate to see action is 1. the more torpedos they fire, the more space is on board and 2. once they are out of torpedos they will end their voyage and return to port.

[@Hoschies_World]

Hello, first of all I wanted to get upset but then I thought to myself: "let's have a good conversation". Thank you for watching this film but it is the worst version. The director's cut which lasts around 4.30 hours is the much better version and shows life on board in an impressive way. The young journalist "Captain Werner" is the author of the book, Lothar-Günter Buchheim, who put his unvarnished impressions and thoughts into the book. These were fantastically filmed and that is how "The Boat" came about. So now my critics: first of all the scene where the German submarine retreats and does not take over the shipwrecked people is an order that was issued and is called the Laconia Order. The Laconia Order (Triton Zero) prohibited German Navy submarines from attempting to rescue shipwrecked people from sunken enemy ships. It was issued on September 17, 1942 by the commander of the submarines, Admiral Karl Dönitz. It was preceded by the torpedoing of the Laconia off the coast of West Africa by a German submarine and the subsequent rescue operation for shipwrecked people by German and Italian submarines, which were attacked by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces. To comment on this scene with the words "once a Nazi, always a Nazi" makes me realize that no one has dealt with the orders or laws of the sea or even begun to investigate why this happened. The book and the film is a drama that shows life on board the submarine, the corresponding deprivations, the boredom, the constant watch, then the action and then the senseless orders of war. This had nothing to do with National Socialism. I think it would have been better if you both had watched the film on your own, the director's cut of course, and then asked your questions to the community or at least had someone with knowledge there. You were told some pretty rubbish. I could go on and on and on, but I don't want to and I want to avoid confrontations. I hope you enjoy the film and hope you watch the director's cut next time.

[@KansaSCaymanS]

Suggestions for improvement: We don’t need mansplaining or pointless comments of every scene (guest reactor). Also would have been better if the reactors’ window was smaller with a larger window for the movie clips.

[@SovermanandVioboy]

The LI (Leitender Ingeneur/Chief engineer) is just the head of the the engineers on board and the one who reports to the captain directly. There are more engineers on board, working under him - Johann is one of them.

[@rainerknuth]

Other good German films about WW2 "Stalingrad" ( 1993 ) and "downfall"

[@thomasstorch4266]

Stalingrad ist einer der besten deutschen Filme. Grüße aus Bayern. ✌🏼

[@SovermanandVioboy]

@@thomasstorch4266 sadly not many foreigner know about Stalingrad and watch Enemy at the Gates instead.

[@cartoonishwrestlingreview8889]

I don't like to criticize KZbinrs personally, but if it drives me away from the channel, then it's fairer to do so. The guy on the left got so annoying over time that I realized I couldn't stand it for long (14mins). Even when the others got a chance to say something, he almost always had to add a clever saying and talked even more. Good luck with the channel. 😥

[@DerOberfeldwebel]

The author of the novel was a war correspondent himself and took part in several submarine patrols. The book this film is based on is a fictionalizationj of things he experienced.

[@arnodobler1096]

Their own ships didn't help the tanker, but you blame the opponent with this stupid line? out

[@Kavala76]

He may be a decent person and he appreciated the film, but as a reactor the guy on the left was bad. A continuous stream of inanities, opinions, speculation and wrong takes spoils a reaction, and he had these in spades.

[@weihnachtsmann7699]

FYI, the actors almost went insane during the shooting of this movie. They had to re-shoot scenes over and over, which was so mentally draining that they almost collapsed.

[@funnyml3356]

Maybe you should do a poll next time about which version to watch. People usually recommend either the Director's Cut or the TV Version, the theatrical version is definitely the worst one to choose.

[@kaimoos9419]

The scene, where the sailor got washed overboard was actually a real accident, when one of the actors got hit too hard by the firehoses and got hurt. The "captain" was so into the scene, that he just screemed: man over board"!

[@Sicklehead88]

the left guy's last commentary after the movie was over was quite decent. too bad his comments throughout the movie were just dumb

[@cartoonishwrestlingreview8889]

Maybe some viewers see it differently, but his opinion is not the problem. He should have his opinion and be happy to express it. The only problem is that he had to comment on every shit(hole) in detail with a boring saying.

[@CptnTatendrang]

Three other films that I can absolutely recommend are 'Downfall'/ Der Untergang and the series 'Generation War'/ Unsere Mütter unsere Väter. Both are German productions and absolutely worth seeing. But 'Stalingrad 1993' is an absolute masterpiece.

[@skariarecords]

as a Austrian I always root for the Ger...good guys

[@JazzJaRa]

That guy on the left would even defend the actions of the americans in Platoon. Please do not watch (anti) war movies.

[@AussiePom]

In a German U Boot there were two toilets but on starting from port only one could be used for the other was stuffed with food. The toilets could only be used if within 80m of the surface and even then a series of valves had to be operated in a certain sequence and god help the submariner that got the sequence wrong. There was no air conditioning, no showers so they couldn't wash. To cover the stench of unwashed bodies they smothered themselves in cologne. They also had to get used to doing a pee or poop with all their submariner mates watching them. There was no privacy of any sort. They couldn't use the toilet if under attack so if you needed to go you did it right in front of everyone in a bucket.

[@alexanderkraft4616]

Beeing German I'm a bit worried about you. Time and again you called the crew members "Nazis", because they were german sailors. Now that your country voted for Trump being President again, shall we all around the world call Americans "MAGA" or would you even call yourselves "Nazis" as the MAGA movement is the exact copy of the nazimovement of Germany 23-45?

[@Froz3nT1ger]

Dumbest comparion I ever read. MAGA = Nazi Movement? I suppose you get your information about Trump from german media.

[@Abbath77]

Get rid of the guy on the left asap

[@CombatantBlog]

"once a nazi ..." reaction ruined the whole video!

[@taupegrillon5975]

the history is written be the winners, always.

[@CrushDepth19]

yeah definitely dont bring that dork back on

[@ironhide238]

Nice Reaction but the Directors Cut would be a better Choice. The TV-Version is 5 Hours long but even better! The book was written by someone who was actually a war correspondent on submarines. I read it almost 30 years ago and can hardly recall anything. It is also very different from the film, as the book is set on two submarines.

[@herm7566]

At the beginning of World War II, submarines were also supposed to rescue survivors, but that changed when submarines that had rescued survivors in tow were bombed and I believe that Adolf and the regime no longer wanted to "save the enemy". One thing must be remembered: Hitler and his regime were all very crazy. After that, the order came to no longer rescue anyone.The fact that the people were still on board the torpedoed boat can be explained by the fact that the Allied commanders had orders that if the enemy was nearby they could not under any circumstances stop and endanger the ship.

[@cbmx1x1]

Such a classic! And directed by the same guy who did The Neverending Story.

[@th.burggraf7814]

Iron coffins is what submarines were called among German sailors in WW2. Btw, the pronunciation of "Boot" is pretty much the same as boat.

[@GeselleHein]

The gentleman on the left should watch another genre of movies... too bad, he did not understand Das Boot... I hope because of the short version.

[@Leopoldthesavage]

An absolutely beautiful masterpiece. Never saw such movie describing so well the life in the submarines.

[@haydenmcdaniels6284]

the movie das boot was made after a real wartime book. this movie shows a photographer boarding the boat which happened in real life by a man named Wilhelm blucher who made the book u boat war to tell everyone and show them how a German u boat worked in ww2 so 90% of this movie was based off of the real accounts of u-96 on her war patrols

[@DBond-bv2oi]

I know that the US people and some other called our soldiers Nazis but that is not correct. The Nazis was a political Party and not the country or the people. Thia soldiers in the Uboat was from German Kriegsmarine. Only 10.000 German soldiers from 40.000 survied the war. 75% of all died.

[@McGarden1904]

Actually there is a dubbed version done by the original german cast.

[@CamaroMann]

As a german I obviously watched the german version, but I have to ask: how bad is it :) - because a *lot* of germans have a hard time with english pronounciation. But on the other hand, I could imagine that this contributes positively to authenticity, so it would be interesting to hear what a native speaker thinks of such a version.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

@@CamaroMann I've seen both but I think more emotion is conveyed (as a non German speaker) in the subtitled version. It feels more tense.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

To be fair, even the german version is dubbed. This movie invented the "steadycam" and the "hand hold movie cam" these prototypes had been so loud, that the original sound wasnt usable.

[@miker8965]

Actually not a bad reaction, but the guy on the left seems to be the real-life stereotype of an American. So unfortunately it gets a thumbs down.

[@grafsepp7955]

best submarine movie ever and best anti-warfilm ever and best german movie ever❤❤

[@fesr90]

German submarines were prohibited from taking prisioners. This was due to incident (Laconia Incident) in wich a u-boot (U-156) was rescuing enemy sailors. Despite having radioed their adversaries to inform them of the rescue, a american aircraft (B-24) attacked the u-boot, wich was defenseless while aiding the shipwrecked sailors.

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

The U-Boats couldn't find their targets due to Allied code breaking and more importantly, Huff-Duff (high frequency radio detection, which with triangulation, identified U-Boat locations) which allowed convoys to steer a course that avoided U-Boat attack.

[@jstrahan2]

In German, the word 'boot' is pronounced similar to the English word 'boat'.

[@JacobSprenger]

15:25 - Yeah, those subtitles aren't great. They read less like translations and more like they seem to just restate what was said in some kind of sanitized protocol style. They don't say what people actually say, and the tone is entirely ignored.

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

The "Submarines" used in the film close up external, walking on the hull etc, was a constructed hull that couldnt dive, just floated, but the long shots, surfacing and diving, was a miniature submarine, large enough for one operator so they could film it diving and surfacing, the rest of the shots, the interior was in a studio. The director kept the actors inside, so they looked pale just like crew would on a real submarine.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

Also the 1:1 model was used by Spielberg, for Raiders of the lost arc.

[@oreopithecus]

The sip at 52:20 is apple juice, btw.

[@mikesgaminggala]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE never have the guy on the left on again. I had to leave this vid 10mins in because of his constant spewing of nonsense, and reading the other comments, apparently I missed the worst of it.

[@AstroXeno]

Apparently there was an English dubbed version titled "The Boat" which a friend of mine who didn't like subtitles claimed to have seen

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

There is, done by the original cast, but it loses so much, because they had to PG the languge

[@windsaw151]

In the book they had a second chief that doesn't feature in the movie. In the book he was not really competent and was the one that snapped, not Johann. In another change to the book, the captain was really mad at him and swore to get him to court martial. I don't think he was ever mentioned again after that incident.

[@reinholdmueller4882]

Great reaction! DAS BOOT is an anti-war film. It shows the futility of war and human suffering. By the way, a U-boot has no space or food for survivors/POWs. The aim was to destroy enemy ships, not sailors. Three further German anti-war movies: *THE RED BARON* and *ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT* and *DIE BRUECKE* (The Bridge). The last one is for German speakers only.

[@johnboydTx]

WAR is Waste and Insanity !!!! Fantastic War Movie!!!😢💔 Enjoy your Adventures 🍻✌️🤠

[@stefanforrer2573]

it's actually pronounced closer to the literal english translation.... if you say "das boat", you're pretty close 😉

[@_tartaros_9997]

@36:00 there was an high command order for german U-Boots to not help sailors - so called "laconia Order". This was because of an attack and loss of an U-boot, which has take up enemy sailors.

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

Not yet. This is November 1941, the Laconia order was issued on 17th September 1942 ....just saying

[@jhnshep]

there's a series over 10 hours long,

[@jurgengrove2488]

It will be better for you,when you read the books of history at first, while you not understand the story ! Sorry ,but that is my oppinion From Germany Jürgen

[@hardcarbon4035]

There was no real Boot used, only Models.

[@gerhardii]

First the allies left their own sailors to die in the water..the Germans had no room on a sub to pick them up.. Get real...second the guy in the blue shirt narrated so much BS during the film who could watch it. Never subscribe here!!!

[@maggie_rhee_wählt_blau]

The German word "Boot" is pronounced like the English word "Boat"!😉 Really nice Reaction!😃👍🏻

[@alphacentauri7871]

Rarely have I seen such a crappy setup

[@alexandersteinmetz6857]

This Movie does cut very Deep for me on many Things. And now one More, as grey shorts and an printed Shirt immediatly gets me search my Ducktape for instant silence Movement;) WHat did they really Accomplish??? really???. They survived the Trip, excluding the Return.

[@HrLBolle]

U Boats like the TYP VII C shown in this movie could dive in roughly 30 seconds from normal surface cruising to periscope depth

[@angiasdidiersanto5707]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗 oui bon choix ce fil est un Che d'Eure !!j'ai le vue nonbreuse fois vraiment

[@94djanek]

lothar günther buchheim went on a uboat in worldwar2. he was portrayed here by Werner (Herbert grönemeyer). The war diary he Wrote was published and this movie about the story is very accurate. so its a true story.

[@jimj9729]

I'm late to comment here and don't have a lot to add to what others have already said. This is a great movie, but this cut is not the best choice. This was a very difficult reaction to watch, as many others have noted. Your guest reactor may have just been trying too hard to impress (I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt), but he spent way too much time talking and was not adding anything constructive. I've never watched this channel before, so I'm not sure what is typical for you guys. Hopefully this was just a one off and your normal productions are better than this.

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

Please ducktape the left guy's mouth and review this movie again.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Left ♂ = 'murica 2025+? Cool! & Good luck 42:06 OR an U-boat with 1(one)toilet vs 50 people? PS. All "inside" - ARE COOL - shots! ...If someone knew about Jost Vacano...?

[@wolfieziggy19]

The reactor on the left completely ruined the movie; non stop commentary and remarks. Wanted to yell out "shut the f*** up"!

[@HrLBolle]

1:00:42 No Sea Captain shall die before his trusted ship has taken its place among the forever lost, of whom there are a great many

[@futuregenerationz]

The dub version uses the original actors and is quite good actually.

[@TheGroovyJivester]

The Gerrnan generation of that time, with few exceptions, didn't rise in rebellion to support the Jewish population. Inaction is compliance. But that sin belongs only to that generation, a moral failure on their part. There is no comparison or justification for what Germans of that time period did. It's something the later generations have to come to terms with just as later generations of Americans have to do with slavery. Its a good story of heroism,but stained with the ash of the Jews that were being slaughtered ashore while these men were torpedoing ships of nations struggling to take the mustache man down. The ending in my eyes, emphasizes that these men, while not true believers, still needed to pay for their acceptance of the regime. When I first saw this on the U.S. release, I rationalized that the Kriegesmarina(sp) were the least N**ified branch of the military. As time goes by, my attitude changed to recognize their part of delaying the downfall of Germany letting more people be slaughtered. Still the Germans of later generations should still be proud of their nation post war but temper that pride with WW2. I do the same with slavery and U.S. pride.

[@SlimNesbitt-p6s]

I understand what you mean and I agree with you for the most part. However, the question of guilt is far more complicated and complex than you can even imagine. In the following I would like to expressly point out that these sentences are not directed against anyone but are to be understood in general terms. First of all, I am suspicious of black and white painting. You can't say that this person is good and that person is bad. In war, the two become blurred. My father was in the war. He never got over it all. He never spoke about the war. But he spoke of his own accord once and from what I heard, Hollywood has no idea about that. Too cruel. One more word on the term pride. I personally can only be proud of one of my achievements. I can't be proud of the country I was born in because that is not my achievement. Every country has its dark spots in history and sometimes it seems to me as if everyone likes to point to Germany to cover up their own dark spots, because no German dares to make accusations against other nations because they are immediately branded as Nazis and the like. And so the person who points to Germany is always the clean guy because he doesn't get a word in. Which brings us back to the topic of black and white. Greetings from Hollywood.

[@cid7800]

if u Guys want to see such realistic War Movies ( ofc of the German View ) watch some of the " Paralightworks " ones , they do make shorts too

[@marcboschen5126]

Please remove the left guy from your reactions. He talks a lot of nonsense without any reason. He Ruins your Videos and makes them unwatchable.

[@davexenos9196]

Boot is pronounced Boat in German, Canadians might say Boot.

[@rigel1176]

What was that ????? What should that be ????? The three Mucetier in fron all the time ????? 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[@user-uq8vh1zv2t]

please close your youtube channel