Das Boot (1981) - At the bottom of the ocean

8/3/2020 - Editing title, subtitles removed due to updates to KZbin's algorithm

[@Tommykey07]

What I like about this part of Das Boot is that at this point, it's not even a war movie. It's a group of men trying to survive a terrifying situation.

[@Tommykey07]

@winner trump I never said the movie wasn't a war movie, but that this particular part of the movie becomes a survival story.

[@Tommykey07]

@winner trump happy you got that off your chest? 🤣

[@angeladeverick4847]

... and the most stunning achievement of all was gripping the majority of the British viewing public when this was broadcast in the 80s, on the edge of their sofas , chewing their nails and willing a ragtag bunch of GERMAN sailors to get off the seabed and survive. As the daughter of an RAF father and a German mother, that means more to me than I can describe. Bravura.

[@Jeweliedear]

Think thats really what i like about most war movies or war era movies. You find more grace and understanding for how war can test, alter and destroy lives, but you also see how people survive/endure or pull together (men and women both). My mom grew up in Berlin middle air raids and house ransacked by both SS and Russians. Women and children also endured a lot onshore with houses ransacked, rapes or threats of rapes, looting, air raids, tending to injured, being injured themselves, evading being sent off to jail or gulag for saying something or doing something, etc.. Lot of respect for the men and women who were medics/nurses dealing with fresh, gruesome combat injuries close to the front too.

[@chucknorris6640]

Honestly at some times it eels more like a thriller horror movie special during the depth charges scene and if you watch it during night with lights out

[@scottgun]

"Betcha can't get an audience emotionally invested in watching a needle on an instrument gauge." Wolfgang Petersen: "Hold my beer."

[@Captain-Nostromo]

Scottgun😀 and the music by Klaus Doldinger, hold my pipe 😎

[@throwback19841]

"Halte mein Bier"

[@Jeweliedear]

Halt mein Bier 🍺 😂

[@MrPHAELAN]

RIP Wolfgang Petersen!!!

[@robbypolter6689]

Out of 40,000 German submarine men, 30,000 stayed at sea forever (my grandfather was one of them). No other part of the Wehrmacht had such losses.

[@Calypso993]

XXI could have improved that...

[@Noodler0]

Kreigsmarine?????

[@DrFrankNStein-sf2ww]

@@Calypso993 Yes but the Type XXI came to late. However these vessels saved a lot of people by evacuating them.

[@KuvDabGib]

I think that it was worst looses in entire WW2 considering 1 branch of army or navy or airforce.... Not even USA tankers suffered that much.

[@Noodler0]

Are you talking about the Wehrmacht in terms of units? Because if you’re talking about the Wehrmacht losses in terms of manpower you best chalk it up to at least 1 million. Not counting the insubordination executions and kangaroo courts that surmounted in executions. Not to mention entire eastern theatre.

[@irenecostigane8348]

I'm from the UK. And this is the best war Film ever made. Watched it on BBC2 Absolutely Brilliant.

[@rockyracoon3233]

Ditto Sista!

[@chrismc1977]

Same here. The mini-series back in the mid 80’s. BBC2 Sunday night over a few weekends. The grainy pic on a 14” tv added to the suspense & drama tbh

[@JohnsonNorthman]

It's a anti war movie,not a war hero movie!!! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 🤝 🇬🇧

[@johnburrows1179]

Epic classic film. The acting…superb. How this hasn’t won every award out there is a mystery. Regardless, this film is one of the greatest ever made

[@chrismc1977]

Fully agree. The casting, the acting, the music. All absolutely sublime.

[@alwoo5645]

It did win a lot of of awards but in Germany and the UK 😊

[@johndavid5618]

"It does not need two. "Its the. Best of the Best. 💪💯😄

[@Signofevil_Smile4theCam]

I guess Rotten tomatoes is a better award in the long term, one of the very few movies still up by nearly 100% after such a long time. says it all

[@Diskoboy1974]

The shot of the crew standing under the hatch as it opens to breathe the fresh air just gives me chills every time.

[@MichaelTheRead]

@@GrrMeister It's a movie, dude.

[@MudMotorsMax]

@@MichaelTheRead But for real what do you think real cruise had to deal with with u boats? Probably scenarios like this

[@vikingsong2068]

It's a movie based on the experiences of a reporter who was on the real U-96, dude..

[@Eireann.]

​@@MichaelTheReadhave a break Michael

[@philldwyer5221]

I am 95 year old x submariner they got this exactly as it was on board a sub ! Well portrayed, 👍👍

[@G0twood]

Great to know, Phill. Thank you for your service.

[@jimmyuk007]

Respect man!

[@jamesvalenti9288]

Thank you for your service. What boat did you serve on?

[@mickfunny4185]

Old Timer on KZbin 👍🏿👍🏿

[@matthewsykes4814]

*Snaps to attention* Sir it is an honour, this is my go to film when dealing with tv....... Fair winds and a following sea Sir, sail happy

[@jeffreykoran4820]

Best SUBMARINE WAR MOVIE EVER.. no other comes close

[@robertwalker3386]

Fantastic film so. realistic

[@Jack-hy1zq]

best war movie of all time

[@philldwyer5221]

Jeffrey Koran Totally agree, when that sub just started to wiggle a bit the tension was unbelievable!! 👍👍🍺🍺

[@linseymowatt1736]

There are some who reckon this is simply the best war film ever.

[@urbanrider7981]

I agree

[@norsia1946]

I like how the "english subtitles" gave up and stopped existing not even a minute into the video.

[@samosmapper9687]

The acting’s so good that it doesn’t matter if they aren’t speaking your language. I can just barely hold a conversation in German, but I watched this movie in it for the first time. They are just THAT talented!

[@bigp3006]

Made sure my version has english.

[@dnzswithwombats]

The actors would trip over the words because it is in a very small area.

[@ajax1137]

I served on a submarine. After a fire drill, the ventilation line-up was not correctly set back to the normal operating mode. The entire forward compartment of sleeping crew nearly asphyxiated as CO2 built up in the compartment. Only the "roving watch" randomly checking that compartment with the atmospheric monitor saved us. I was roused with a blinding headache and moved to the operations compartment for fresh air. So yeah, I feel those guys.

[@MasterJediDude]

I can't imagine the sheer terror of those who were lost at sea in these human coffins. It's happened to so many during times of war and accidents in between. Many were killed quickly by depth charges, but can you feel the horror of being in a sub that stays intact, but sinks to the bottom. For those that were trapped in those dark hours, I hope you found peace in the next life.

[@Grandizer8989]

I don’t think that they were killed quickly by depth charges since they were designed to explode near the sub and disable it. It still could take awhile to die

[@ricksimon9867]

The boat didn't sink to the bottom. It happened upon a shallow bank. In the Atlantic, the boat would have sunk far below this depth and would have been destroyed.

[@jeffreykoran4820]

THE MUSIC PLAYING WHEN THEY CAME OFF THE BOTTOM TOWARDS THE SURFACE IS EPIC..AND THE CREWS SHEER JOY WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY WERE GOING UP IS WONDERFUL...ONE OF THOSE SCENES I CAN WATCH OVER AND OVER...

[@TimohaNorveg]

At 4:19 begins the most epic comeback in film history.

[@mcmlxivmmxx5172]

" A shovel full of sand", This is my favorite war movie. I also held my breath 30 years ago watching this scene.

[@stuzo666]

The greatest war film by a mile, the singing " it's a long way to tipperary " absolutely epik

[@pipespb]

В записи советского военного ансамбля имени Александрова...

[@jalan8171]

To paraphrase Curt Jurgens' character, the U-Boat captain in the film "The Enemy Below", "They build them good in Germany, eh Heine !"

[@burtturdison4445]

Later: "Where are the Tommies?" "They are in the Casino, celebrating our destruction hahaha"

[@lukl8381]

Wo sind die Tommys? Sie sind im Kasino und feiern unseren Untergang. ;-)

[@DarthPhallix]

@@lukl8381 Not yet, Kamaraden! NOT YET!!!!

[@grokur9714]

@@lukl8381Sie sehen uns nicht 1.wo, liegen alle in ihren Kojen und pennen. Nein, wissen sie was? Die sitzen im Kasino und feiern unsere Versenkung. Not yet Kamaraden, Not yet

[@LandersWorkshop]

In the dubbed version he says 'They are sleeping in their bunks!' lol.

[@RResidentAlienNN]

The were no roses on the graves, the were no lilies on the waves ,only seagulls tweets and sweethearts weeps.

[@travisgodbold7070]

Best movie scene ever. At the bottom there is always hope, even if you're deep in the red, salvation is always attainable.

[@ronaldekman7637]

Värdens bästa film någonsin tack

[@catherinebirch2399]

The music when the needle starts to move is so appropriate.

[@rockyracoon3233]

Absolutely. For me, this is the best movie about WW2 ever made!

[@chrismc1977]

100% best! The music as the boat rises is simply spine-tingling

[@cheeseandonions9558]

Some 20 meters under the critically dangerous depth... That's German engineering for you.

[@Nick_B_Bad]

A KM Ostsee property marked Mauser 1934 rig is one of the top pistols in my collection. Most ended up at the bottom of the ocean.

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

When they laughed it was because he said:'If we get out of this, there will be half a bottle of beer for each of you".

[@bryancreech1236]

Think 40'000 men when to sea.only 10'000 came home !!!! May they rest in peace!!!

[@Sou1defiler]

You would have to be a very cold-hearted person to not give a little smile and cheer with the crew when the chief told them she's rising and that needle started to move.

[@RylandYork]

At 4:19 begins the most epic comeback in film history.. A fine moment in German cinema. In all cinema..

[@davidturner4610]

I’ve got this on CD it’s the best movie I’ve ever collected!

[@donnovicki9771]

I wanted to cheer for them when they made it back to the surface. No way for anyone to go out after such a heroic effort.

[@Stewieboy1995]

Don Novicki I had a huge smile as they slowly got the boat to fire back up and resurface.

[@weisthor0815]

@Alan Cogan grow up, boy

[@BelloBudo007]

I know these guys were playing the part of the enemy, but you have got to feel for all submariners and what they went through. It would have been hell.

[@chrisholland7367]

I understand what you're saying but when thousands of merchant and Royal Naval crews were left to die in the freezing Atlantic after their ships had been destroyed because other ships were not permitted to pick survivors especially on convys i have very little sympathy for them. They made a pact with the devil. On the other hand for the suffering of the ordinary German soldiers at satlingrad .

[@BelloBudo007]

@@chrisholland7367 I understand your point. I also wonder how the Royal Navy treated the submariners that they rescued. In a flash it went from the hunter to the prey. So I could understand sailors not feeling kinship.

[@Blackfyre741]

All were normal men just like us. Sent to war by politicians and the military industrial complex in general. They were victims of propaganda. You realise these people aren’t so different from ourselves

[@blacklechter706]

@@Blackfyre741 No. Where as I feel for their human story. The truth is these men were supporting a murderous nation that was hell bent on murdering and enslaving much of humanity. In the end... thank God they were all sent to their deaths.

[@nickste142]

@@chrisholland7367 Was it any different when the americans went for yapanese Ships? And what do you mean with "they made a pact with the devil"? If you have no choice, because the only two options are getting executed or sink the ships of the allies, how can you "make a pact"? You are just thinking way too black and white...

[@zacharycat603]

U-boats had the lowest survival rate of any branch of the German Wehrmacht

[@fpscanada3862]

they werent in whermacht

[@paulswaddle8031]

@@fpscanada3862 Yes they were

[@paulswaddle8031]

Stastically it was the same with all submarine crews of any nation . Not good

[@isaacnickel]

@@fpscanada3862 The Navy was a branch of the Wehrmacht ,same as the airforce

[@sonnitallimynamaki1024]

@@isaacnickel Yep, Heer (army), Kriegsmarine ( navy) and Luftwaffe (airforce)

[@1polonium210]

Outstanding movie!!!

[@RaiderDave-xe1pn]

I watched this when it was a 6 part series on BBC2, very good.

[@suryaprakash2126]

No other war film can even come close

[@jaygill5582]

Not even shaving Ryan's privates?

[@jeshkam]

@@jaygill5582 lol 😂🤣😁

[@Mumek21]

I'm Polish and I absolutely love this brilliant film, it's music and characters. It rooted in me an interest in submarines and marine history.

[@maxelldenomie6131]

I loved where, in the novel, the CO's 1st Officer told him that joke about Party wives, and what made them supple: they got naked, held a stick of chalk between their cheeks, backed up to a blackboard,and wrote the letters-'O-T-T-O'.

[@Userdfgtg]

Best part of the movie, at the end the chief mechanic was the hero

[@frank1fm634]

This was my favorite scene from the movie.

[@johnhoward2083]

The Chase through Gibraltar

[@scottrichardson8158]

I believe (though am not certain) in the true life event this is based on, the U-Boat was able to surface but unable to start it's engines. The crew were taken prisoner; which, considering the alternative of being unable to surface, was not really all that bad.

[@smokemeakipper5407]

The British were known for treating Pow's well. Especially U-boat crews. The crews lives were no longer in danger and they were often warm and fed.

[@memelordinsanity]

U-96's crew wasn't captured, the movie is based around her 7th patrol, and she managed to pull off 4 more until she stopped at Konigsberg for her last time and was captured.

[@scottrichardson8158]

Well, there was one U-Boat that bottomed at over 700' below the surface (incredible for that day and age) and was later able to surface; could not restart it's engines, and the crew was subsequently captured.Which one it was...I am not sure of now.

[@memelordinsanity]

Ah thank you for clearing that up and for the nice fact.

[@philldwyer5221]

Scott Richardson yes you are absolutely correct in your statement! 👍👍👍🍺🍺

[@bobpage6597]

4:42.....greatest feeling in the world I'm sure when you're so close to suffocating to death! Fresh air and ice cold seawater!!!! 👍👍

[@lesagnew9625]

Best series ever 👏

[@achmedlolol]

I can't help but wonder what would have happened if the boat had failed to rise. It makes me queasy

[@pedrosabino8751]

Probably they would commit suicide. I imagine that die without air is one of the worst ways of die

[@keithhow3006]

I'm having trouble breathing just watching this !

[@havokbaphomet666]

One of my favorite movies

[@matthewsamuel2262]

I would say that this is the best submarine movie ever made.all good ww2 movies stand on their own

[@heinzdauer9487]

Unvorstellbar was diese Männer in Todesangst damals in solch einer Situation durchlebt haben müssen. Mir jedenfalls läuft dabei ein eiskalter Schauder über den Rücken.

[@dikon0172]

Auch nicht schlimmer als zu Fuß bei Minus 30 Grad durch Tiefschnee vor dem Iwan abhauen zu müssen, oder in einem Keller zu hocken, wenn 1000 Tommyflieger im Anflug sind.

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

As Der Alte said when they sank way below the pressure rating of the u-boat……………….‘Unbelievable’

[@rightknowledgeman]

Auch ich verstehe den Schrecken des Krieges, ich habe in Vietnam gekämpft und konnte nicht einmal einen Job finden, als ich zurückkam, die Gesellschaft hasste uns und sagte, wir wären nichts

[@Jeweliedear]

Es tut mir wirklich leid. Danke Ihnen für Ihrem Dienst

[@peterkoch3777]

Und ich hoffe, das nachfolgende Generationen aus dem Hurra-Patriotismus gelernt haben und sich nicht mehr freiwillig melden. Solange Menschen Waffen in die Hand nehmen, wird es Krieg geben. Und die Gewinner des Krieges stehen nie an der Front, nicht mal der Heimat-Front, sondern sitzen in Bordellen und Luxusappartments und verkaufen die Waffen - wenn es geht, an beide Seiten.

[@liqurmeup]

In Beer Fest, grandpapa said somthing about being cooped up in an old Uboat one time. Now I understand the joke.

[@deangestner6708]

A lot of these U boat crews were young men many still in their teens

[@chucknorris6640]

The youngest were 17. In average the old man of a U-Boat (the captain) was 27 years old also even at this age most of them look like if they were in their 40s

[@pemacal57]

The best UnterWasser Boots I ever watched

[@gabrielschake6259]

I've watched all kinds of supposedly "scary" movies. Das boot is the only one that is genuinely terrifying to me.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

This is probably what those Poor Indonesian sailors inside U-Boot felt yesterday...being stuck almost km down under the sea.

[@G0twood]

Good point. Very unfortunate for those sailors. RIP.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

@@G0twood The Indonesian U-Boat captain even had Posters of Admiral Karl Donitz in his childhood bedroom. The guy really wanted to become a U-Boat crew since childhood. I guess he fullfilled his dream.

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

@@G0twood i keep saying to myself : "i really hope they resurfaced, Heads back to Bali, and the captain yelled "Not yet Kameraden, Not Yet!!!""

[@walboyfredo6025]

4:50 bet that air smell sweet!

[@marcodeboni8006]

No Hollywood... WOLFGANG

[@larrydeckerhoff6521]

Outstanding film 🎥

[@recnepsgnitnarb6530]

The only movie that has you rooting for the Germans at the end of the movie.

[@seanwebb605]

I was invested in the characters, but never forgot that I'm from a country in opposition to the Nazis. They were hitting supply lines that didn't just stop weapons from getting to the British, but also food. They were starving much of Britain.

[@williamtomkiel8215]

In a well dialed in / treated ATMOS HT, 5.3.4 or 7.4.6 this upmixes for some awesome immersive sound either DSU or Neo:x best U-Boot movie - ever

[@leosaura1993]

Those U boats had the same high quality as German cars.

[@garikdez]

I watch this moment more than once, even knowing how it will end, I worry about the team, although in that war they were our enemies.

[@airportkimpo9674]

초등학교 4학년때 친구들과 극장서 봤던 영화다. 정말 아직도 다시봐도 감동이였어요. 특히 이 장면 해저에서 거의 침몰했다 떠오르는 ㅇ 벅찬 장면^★★^

[@foumf-O7]

Ce film est un chef d'oeuvre!

[@shirleylyn11]

the way it comes out of the water. like a broken dead whale.

[@rockyracoon3233]

So true!!

[@10Tabris01]

Not dead yet

[@squeaksvids5886]

I bet it smelt rip in there! I couldn’t possibly imagine what it must have been like serving on a submarine during the war.

[@zegermanscientist2667]

They had every skin disease known to man.

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

One old Uboat Captain described the smell as being largely of:'Sweat, mold, diesel oil, and urine".

[@torquetheprisoner]

it would not suprise me if some of the cast let it rip

[@arminkrauss549]

Haben alle gekämpft!!! 🤗🤗🤗🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@georgehollingsworth2428]

This largely based on the True Story . This happened to U-96, and thewriter of :'Das Boot" was actually on the boat then.

[@jonnies]

The thumbnail for this looks like a bunch of crazy dudes at a rave

[@arminkrauss549]

Jawoll Herr Kaleun 🙋🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙄

[@deimantassidorenko3386]

Ekipažas. Prie Komandinio Posto

[@madzen112]

Can't believe this movie was made before subsims was a thing. Wonder where he drew inspiration from?

[@bobpage6597]

Lothar-Günther Buchheim book, "Das Boot" and his experiences aboard the real U96.

[@madzen112]

@@bobpage6597 thx

[@kangakid5984]

My favourite movie

[@dirtymig0pp772]

Big Time !! I wish i could find the longer uncut version to watch!

[@blaindebeers7711]

Actually when I have difficulties waking up after a rough night of work-study gardening or volunteering.... I fantasize my body is a sub trying to surface and this scene comes to mind... 2:20 is my aching body making those funny sounds. Then I silently stumble into the shower crank it up to hot, and then sleed away back to port.. until the day I finally get it... and I go down for good bahahahahaha.

[@catherinebirch2399]

I may have mentioned that it reminds me of being caffeine deprived and the sensation when I finish my second cup of coffee.

[@jorgepinonesjauch8023]

Lo más emocionante de esta película, que cuando el panorama se veía aterrador y desolador casi sin esperanza y al borde de la muerte, logran sacar fuerzas casi sobre humanas para poder hacer las reparaciones antes que queden sin oxígeno para poder emerger, para mí en lo personal la calificaría la mejor película de este género y también dentro de las 10 mejores películas de todos los tiempos... brillante película la he visto varias veces

[@stupot7281]

Never give up ....................

[@michaelbechtel4944]

This is a awesome movie

[@arminkrauss549]

Jawoll Herr Kaleun 🇩🇪 Boot steigt!!!

[@garydaniels1420]

The best submarine movie ever they got this right if you know about these things you'll know....

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Gary Daniels People who talk about the 'movie' have obviously never seen the whole tv series. The film is pretty lame in comparison.

[@angloaust1575]

Being smaller the uboats could dive quicker and deeper than allied.ones

[@СергейРокотански]

Каждый год смотрю этот шедевр

[@derlurch85]

Boot steigt 💪🏼

[@yxx_chris_xxy]

Little known fact, on surfacing, they accidentally hit the Bismarck's rudder, jamming it.

[@БорисСенин]

Руль "Бисмарка" заклинила торпеда с торпедоносца Англии,

[@yxx_chris_xxy]

@@БорисСенин Of course, but isn't it obvious that this is a joke?

[@БорисСенин]

@@yxx_chris_xxy Got it, good humor

[@arminkrauss549]

Boot steigt 🙋🙄👍juhuuuu 👍🙏🤗

[@ENROF]

Обалденный фильм

[@matthewkent8796]

When it surfaces where's the deck cannon?

[@beakyturf6336]

It was hit by a bomb from an aircraft when they were attacked on the surface.

[@Michael-v3z1s]

Wir gehen unter

[@firefightergoggie]

Fun fact: the director Wolfgang Peterson recruited the tiniest German speaking actors in the world to crew the miniature submarine used in the filming of this movie. The entire production was placed in jeopardy when a film crew member loaded the miniature submarine in the back of the wrong DHL delivery van, potentially losing the entire cast in a tragic lost-in-transit catastrophe.

[@ravileejones7381]

There are no subtitles...?

[@saymyname218]

We really do want "ads in 5 seconds " ...during this emotive bit

[@owlgothic248]

Watching now 2023 Alarmmmm

[@kevinprior3549]

Bet the stench was horrendous

[@kyliedempsey8357]

No english subtitles?

[@humbertoflores2545]

kylie dempsey ...whatever.. the scene is very descriptive.

[@nunyabizness9045]

He said.... you know what life is like on a submarine. Hundred people go down 50 couples come up

[@rightknowledgeman]

Nein!!!! Dumkoph!!!!!

[@wadep9916]

Is this part 6?after they got attacked & sank to the bottom?

[@bessiebraveheart]

What subtitles?

[@plumduff3303]

Something similar happened to me on holiday in prestatyn

[@rosesmith5135]

so much for the subtitles eh ?!

[@slinkerdeer]

Captions are like.. 10% complete wtf mate

[@bisounours691]

High moment ! ! ! ! Wonderful ! ! ! !

[@алматальжанов-и8ь]

well done!

[@jacks4733]

Wo ist subtitles?

[@josephhoward4697]

What? You don’t know the story about the eagle that stole the Schnauzer’s worm? Well, now I have to tell you that story!