It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there.
99% of folks reading this do not realize this was a way to mock the royal navy.
Regardless of who won, these were brave men doing their job.
Words of an American, with respect for a noble opponent and worthy warrior.
Really really sad ending. I was so happy when the U-Boat brought them home after the entire harrowing tour of duty. I don't know why, but I got a genuine feeling that the U-boat was a living thing and very much a part of their lives, so when it finally sank it was just one of the most bone crushing moments in cinema in my opinion. That's the mark of a good director and a good movie, the ability to transmit not only images, but also emotions.
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@wwwtotalitaerde Auf die Gefahr hin, gleich wieder als "Mietmaul" oder "Staatsknecht" dazustehen, als den gewisse Kreise jeden andersdenkenden bezeichnen: Ich glaube dir nicht. Wobei das stimmt nicht ganz, das ist eigentlich nicht das, was ich denke... was ich wirklich denke ist: Was für ein Schwachsinn. Aber hey... Meinungsfreiheit und so... jeder darf jeden Schwachfug behaupten, den er behaupten will. Nach deiner eigenen Logik müsstest du schon tot sein.
I like to associate this song with a lad pursing a woman based on my own experiences chasing women. The lyric "It's a long way to tipperary to the sweetest girl I know" If a lad is trying to get a woman he might as well try to get to Mars because it is more likely he'll get there before he gets her
I read a charming reference in a history book about the Holocaust that the shorn hair of murdered jewesses being sent to the gas was felted and used specifically for the linings of U-Boot crewmen's footwear.
@pinz2022 Sure thing! And out of their Teeth they carved projectiles for their ammunition! Out of their eyes pretty little rubberballs for children were made... And how about a real skull to drink out from it,instead a lousy glass??? Stupid Bullshit is that! Told to make everyone believe ALL germans were devils...
ach,you beautiful specimen of a leprous fuckstick.
why not mention that part of the german hard rations on u-boats were actually fashioned from holocausted toe-nails, marinated in classic belsen-bergen garlic sauce, get over your fucking self.
Don't take my word for it! I submit to you: "Escape from Sobibor" by Richard Rashke (1982), on which the1987 TV movie was made. There is a passage about the sorting sheds at the death camp where the womens' shaved-hair was bagged up for shipment.
Not a single frame in the movie contains actual u-boat number, either Buchheim himself never mentioned u-boat numbers in his novel. Meanwhile, it was U-96 (cpt-lt Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) that's been attacked by RN Swordfish in attempt to pierce Gibraltar and experienced 6hr-long hideout. Survivor in Battle of Atlantics, she nearly made it to survive WW2, but was sunk by USAF in March 1945 at Wilhelmshaven pier, spending her last days as homely school boat.
Yepp, kinda nonsence! :) However, as captain says to fastidious first officer: "This song 've been written by men in marching boots; it's got no touch of any ideology!"
best sub movie ever made,jurgen prochnow made this movie along with other great actors,he cared about his crew but wouldnt show his feelings very easily,ive seen das boot many times and i still dont like the ending but i guess it was pretty accurate how the allies constantly bombed the pens and so forth
@dntlss The ending was certainly depressing, but that is exactly the point. A German-made film isn't going to be celebratory, as most American (and British) films about this period usually are. Das Boot's ending drives the point home mercilessly: after everything they've been through, all of their triumphs (of the will, sheer luck, and German technology), they get cornered and shot down like rats...on land.
@Deutschlieber your exactly right, i just got in the mail today the uncut version which i didnt have,gonna watch it tomorrow night,cant wait!!! thanks for your observation and have a good weekend
@dntlss I think it is a great movie but thought the end was a bit contrived. It was politically unthinkable they were shown winning -they had to lose, but losing for almost all U boat crewmen meant being crushed while sealed in a steel tube. I do not think any director could make anything of an ending like that.
@freebeerfordworkers hey there, i agree with you,it had to end bad for them and the director did the best with what he had storywise, if i had my pick i would much prefer meeting my end the way they did than to being drowned somewhere in the lonely atlantic, i did by the way watch that uncut version, it was really good,it made sense out of a lot of things specially the kid and the flower shop gir story,im sure you have watched it (the uncut) but if you havent you should.
Das Boot ages well with time and it's a great clip.
The first UK airing of the series was postponed on the personal instruction of Margaret Thatcher. She felt it would send out an 'inappropriate' message whilst British submariners were fighting in the Falklands War.
I have the Ultimate Edition of this Film. German, English, everything. Its up with my favorite War (Mostly Submarine) movies, such as the Hunt for the Red October.
It happened ALL the time! If i recall, "Its a long way to Tipperary" was one of Erwin Rommel's favorite songs, and had a record of it in his office. Music may be banned, but that doesnt stop people from listening to it. American Soldiers listened and loved the song "Lili Marlene" which was a German Song!
And it seems "Katyusha", the Russian equivalent, later became a beloved Israeli classic from their heroic era. Though the USSR was hardly a friend of theirs.
@thedublin16 Soz - well let's say that Jack knew which side his bread was buttered and the song was recieved well by his English audiences! (Written as well as any Englishman that was living in Cheshire at that time.) I have this sung by McCormack and Dawson - McCormack wins on this one. The Irish have always enjoyed a joke at their own expense but the English like jokes about themselves only if told by a Brit! The words of the song are v funny and similar to songs sung by Billy Bennet.
This is what real real films are made of. Das Boot is one of the all time greats that I have very fond memories of. The sheer terror that these men endured inside the confined space of a U-Boat was accurately documented in this film. There aren't many films which have produced the same quality as this. One reason for that is because this film was based on actual experiences in the war and we can all empathize with these brave men who endured life inside the iron coffins known as the U-Boats.
@legendkiller2004 true what you say but spare a thought for the 30,000 british merchantmen plus canadian and american seamen,who where on the receiving end ,imagine being on a tanker ,with these uboats around my dads best mate was sunk twice ,the second time he never came back, he was 17 .
In 1981 at the film started i could believe that i have a son in future ! My son was born in 1989 (a history year for germans) He makes an education with ship motors and he wants to be the chief of machine,
Today i love Klaus Wennemann . He is the chief of machine in "das Boot"
In real Life Klaus Wennemann is dead. A great actor!
hey, I also got interested in becoming a mechanical engineer aboard a submarine.. I am educating myself right now, soon I will join the army (conscription) and later maybe navy to educate myself as an engineer
Lothar Gunther Buchheim has written das boot, if u like this u might google that name, he was a great man, he recently has died.this was from his book of his experiences
@thedublin16 thats not the point, learn to read, and i left that comment a month ago, so why not do something more productive than reading through month old youtube comments that nobody but you gives 2 shits about?
Being both German and Irish, I really enjoyed this part of the movie. It truly gave a sense of the saying, "If I had met him in a tavern, I would have drunk with him, but I met him on the battlefield, so I had to kill him." One of the best anti-war movies ever made too in my opinion.
It was a british song composed in London about a brothel in Picadilly called "The Tipperary". I recall that even 15 yrs ago it was not sung much by Tipperary people at matches.
More than that, you can see the bunch just being Germans together for a moment. Though even hardened sailors like them would have probably turned green if they knew what the linings of their boots were made of...
@pinz2022 Its the juxtaposition of their personal values against those of the regime they serve,i saw a documentary where after a sucessful patrol the crew is told it will be rewarded with watches when the watches arrive they are old fashioned fob watches slung in a box obviously used and without chains according to the guy telling the story it looked like "booty" he had a real look of disdain on his face as told the story .
@IIxGoDZzxII Its a British music hall number written by some one from West Brom and populised by the Connaught Rangers,so there's really no need to call anyone a dipshit now is there? .
the Tipperary song originated from british army soldiers that trained and were stationed in Tipperary town in Co. Tipperary Ireland and found its way to the trenches of the WW1. A lot of these soldiers were irish conscripts who were fooled into the army for a shilling a week little did they know where they would end up. We in Tipperary consider it our song.
@krautkiller1969 wenn, dann eine arme deutsche "sack". du hinterlässt bei mir den eindruck, als wärst du gegen deutschland und deutsche, das impliziert schon dein name "krautkiller". und ich persönlich hasse es, für etwas erniedigt zu werden, für das ich nichts kann. aber vielleicht ist es auch ein falscher eindruck. und du hast mich beleidigt! :(
@krautkiller1969 krautkiller, warum lügst du bei deinen angaben? du wohnst bestimmt in einem öden dorf irgendwo in brandenburg, bist wahrscheinlich arbeitslos, jungfrau und lebst noch bei mutti.. ich hoffe jedenfalls nicht in irland - die iren würden mir leid tun, die haben abschaum wie dich nicht verdient :(
@krautkiller1969 A little tip, if you accuse someone of being unintelligent make sure you can at least spell the word, makes you look like an ass ;) p.s. Theres a big difference in Being British and being claimed by the British.
Simply the best movie ever made! You may say that's just the talk from a war movie junkie, but no, this film best describes the lives of young men under stress and defeat in an unnecessary war. If you dare to watch an american hippocryte crapmovie, and then turn your attention to the good old u-96, you'll notice just what is so different about our Europe versus the degenerate states of america. If only the english of all people would stop sucking the yankee dick..
Simply the best movie ever made! You may say that's just the talk from a war movie junkie, but no, this film best describes the lives of young men under stress and defeat in an unnecessary war. If you dare to watch an american hippocryte crapmovie, and then turn your attention to the good old u-96, you'll notice just what is so different about our Europe versus the degenerate states of america. If only the english of all people would stop sucking the yankee dick..
Charming idea, and one of the def highlights of the film, this singing. But if you read the original book, written by U Boat man Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, you see that this song was never sung - a fact that annoyed the author, including it, as when the movie was made it was out of his hands. Saying that, works very well in the film.
30,000 dead. I agree that they were fighting for their country. But misguided. Higher powers will always finish you. Tragedy that so many decent British merchantmen died at their hands, mind. Lost into the deep, deep, Atlantic.
@Skillside Get your facts right - I think you will find it was written by an Englishman just before WW1 - the song relates to the British soldiers who served in the Tipperary garrison base - hence "farewell picadilly , farewell Leicester Square...." do you get it now ?
@Skillside Just seen your profile made me have a chuckle - we all know what a lot of your Croat compatriots did in WWII (Tito excepted) in the Ustase scum led by Pavelic - 300,000 Orthodox massacered according to Nazi SD records.
@tigerman11000 You just go and chuckle. How many innocent people died in British colonies, Ireland and Scotland under English opression? That number greatly excedes death count of Jews in WW2. And at least Ustashe fought for what was theirs. Their land. Unlike British who just steal land from everyone.
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Really? That only adds to the cynism of the scene...German seamen on a U-Boot singing a British song about feeling homesick recorded by a Russian choir...what could express the absurdity of war in a more intense way?
Briandoom. You're very correct. That song was a trench warefare song for the British during WW1. But the Nazi's didn't exist as "Nazis" at the end of the first world war. However, it's amazing, that nearly 100 years later, the song is still very recognizable
@jbra755 I used to speak full conversations with examiners now I can only remember a few words, same with Irish, I speak even less of that. I only speak Engrish! :)
i knew this song was in Goodnight Mr.Tom but dat was about it, i didnt know people in germany knew it too! im from tipp so i practically know it off by heart lmao
It was one of the popular songs of WWI almost every soldier of all nations knew....it's about feeling homesick and wanting to leave war and just go home...and every soldier will understand that feeling.
to the person saying this is an english song its actually irish! tipperary is in ireland and it was the irish soldiers who faught with the britiah army ( ireland was still under the control of the british during ww1) who sang this song! just had to point that out!
They (Dem Deutsche Volk)All put their shoulder to the wheel one way or another , Thats what human beings do , We are all caught up in our local environment one way or another ,
- Das Boot is a movie about a German WWII U-Boot crew
- the song is British and became popular during WWI amongst the soldiers. It's associated with WWI
- ...but it was also a popular song
- the song is about being homesick
- because it's British, it's annoying to the officer who is party-line Nazi, who clashes with the captain during the story, playing to the anti-war theme of "the people who make wars (politicians) are not the people who die in wars"
@briandoom additional to this it is also intersting that not only english speaking soldiers sang the song but also the germans as you can see in the movie - not every german "Wehrmacht"soldier was a nazi!
@briandoom This movie shows that great part of the officials of the German Armed Forces in the WWII were not followers of the Nazi ideal, especially inside the Navy. They fought for Germany and not for the Party Nazi.
@briandoom This movie shows that great part of the officials of the German Armed Forces in the WWII were not followers of the Nazi ideal, especially inside the Navy. They fought for Germany and not for the Party Nazi.
@briandoom maybe the germans adopted the song. perhaps the british troops retreating in ww1 were being mocked by the germans. yes it's an english song
@briandoom You forgot that the song is performed by the red army choir... a British song performed by soviets in a movie about German U-Boots... The best war movie ever.
@gixer121121 ...Are you sure about that? Tipperary is a county in Ireland..(emphasis: Ireland) I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be an Irish song.
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by Henry James "Harry" Williams.[1][2] It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Judge's parents were Irish, and his grandparents came from Tipperary."
@mrdj0060 Yeah, the guy who wrote it had strong irish connections with his parents being from Ireland. It is still considered British because it was wrote in England and used by the British army
@gixer121121 Wow, why the rage? Are you really getting pissed over a single YouTube comment?
Anyway, there's a significant difference between a British marching song and an Irish song. Please get your facts right and read more carefully before shooting off some expletive-laden comment such as this one.
@briandoom Wholly and fully agree! Nice way of putting it. Though I'm sure Tipperary was a popular round the world thing. "Lili Marlene" was popular amongst almost every combatant on both sides of the fence.
cool ich hab was unanständiges entdeckt
VikiSuzannls410 3 hours ago
und auf den tag der keiner ward... moin moin auf das boot und euch jungs einen immer guten tag, sowohl oben, als auch unten...
hamburgermichel965 1 month ago
It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go. It's a long way to Tipperary To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square! It's a long long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there.
99% of folks reading this do not realize this was a way to mock the royal navy.
Regardless of who won, these were brave men doing their job.
Words of an American, with respect for a noble opponent and worthy warrior.
soopaman2 1 month ago
SPOILERS
Really really sad ending. I was so happy when the U-Boat brought them home after the entire harrowing tour of duty. I don't know why, but I got a genuine feeling that the U-boat was a living thing and very much a part of their lives, so when it finally sank it was just one of the most bone crushing moments in cinema in my opinion. That's the mark of a good director and a good movie, the ability to transmit not only images, but also emotions.
eeg10 1 month ago
Stunning film, haunting soundtrack. Really one of the best war films ever made.
spasborn 2 months ago
najo wie geil hab 3 brüste
BetteTiaradc851 3 months ago
heh when he wake up at the endm he turn on his lamp with his elbow :)
drom300 4 months ago
What movie is this
TylerAssady 4 months ago
@TylerAssady "Das Boot" - 1981, featuring Jürgen Prochnow, Martin Semmelrogge, Herbert Grönemeyer...
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm, Air Force One, Troy, Outbreak,...)
KrautGoesWild 4 months ago
@TylerAssady "Das Boot"
PKJohansson 4 months ago
cool ich wiege 300 kilo
VernaRobbincd785 4 months ago
i remember visiting a nursing home in the mid 90's and the old timers we're still singing this song from their youth.
nphanlon1973 5 months ago
When you search for: Karrieresprungbrett "Das Boot", you'll find a video here with the actors reuniting for the 30 anniversary inside the boot model.
fmeltin 6 months ago
Bei drei Leuten hat die Platte dem weltanschaulichen Unterbau geschadet. :-D
HondoMcRaven 6 months ago 14
Deutschland über Alles! Ich liebe meine Fatherland. Die bessere Leute, eine schwierige Historie...
MrTruckeranton 6 months ago
I made the mistake of seeing this before paying to watch transformers 3.
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wwwtotalitaerde 7 months ago
@wwwtotalitaerde Auf die Gefahr hin, gleich wieder als "Mietmaul" oder "Staatsknecht" dazustehen, als den gewisse Kreise jeden andersdenkenden bezeichnen: Ich glaube dir nicht. Wobei das stimmt nicht ganz, das ist eigentlich nicht das, was ich denke... was ich wirklich denke ist: Was für ein Schwachsinn. Aber hey... Meinungsfreiheit und so... jeder darf jeden Schwachfug behaupten, den er behaupten will. Nach deiner eigenen Logik müsstest du schon tot sein.
Chiron84 7 months ago
I fucking LOVE this scene :)
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lavidaspeligrosa 7 months ago
Haha all these years have past and schalke are still losing.
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@CrissyBevoe303 Arschloch
flipflopdrop2543 7 months ago
Jawohl Herr Kaleun! Great film, excellent theme tune.
crapatev 9 months ago
number 2 with the food on the fork
absoluteGODhatred 9 months ago
I like to associate this song with a lad pursing a woman based on my own experiences chasing women. The lyric "It's a long way to tipperary to the sweetest girl I know" If a lad is trying to get a woman he might as well try to get to Mars because it is more likely he'll get there before he gets her
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BabyStephanypbh 11 months ago 12
@happysack1
I read a charming reference in a history book about the Holocaust that the shorn hair of murdered jewesses being sent to the gas was felted and used specifically for the linings of U-Boot crewmen's footwear.
Not the sort of detail one forgets...
pinz2022 11 months ago
@pinz2022
What a bullshit....idiot
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@pinz2022 don't believe everything you read
Quex01 10 months ago
@pinz2022 Sure thing! And out of their Teeth they carved projectiles for their ammunition! Out of their eyes pretty little rubberballs for children were made... And how about a real skull to drink out from it,instead a lousy glass??? Stupid Bullshit is that! Told to make everyone believe ALL germans were devils...
theChaosEnigneer1 10 months ago
@pinz2022
LOL Holocaust
Wink wink
Horrible wasn't it : P
splashlog01 9 months ago
@pinz2022
ach,you beautiful specimen of a leprous fuckstick.
why not mention that part of the german hard rations on u-boats were actually fashioned from holocausted toe-nails, marinated in classic belsen-bergen garlic sauce, get over your fucking self.
and the murdered jewesses for that matter\
fgehry 7 months ago
@fgehry
Don't take my word for it! I submit to you: "Escape from Sobibor" by Richard Rashke (1982), on which the1987 TV movie was made. There is a passage about the sorting sheds at the death camp where the womens' shaved-hair was bagged up for shipment.
pinz2022 7 months ago
Not a single frame in the movie contains actual u-boat number, either Buchheim himself never mentioned u-boat numbers in his novel. Meanwhile, it was U-96 (cpt-lt Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) that's been attacked by RN Swordfish in attempt to pierce Gibraltar and experienced 6hr-long hideout. Survivor in Battle of Atlantics, she nearly made it to survive WW2, but was sunk by USAF in March 1945 at Wilhelmshaven pier, spending her last days as homely school boat.
PanzerZh 11 months ago
Yepp, kinda nonsence! :) However, as captain says to fastidious first officer: "This song 've been written by men in marching boots; it's got no touch of any ideology!"
PanzerZh 11 months ago
an irish song, sung by russians, and heard by germans :) great scene and great movie!!!
AdrianDotis 1 year ago 2
I love this movie.
juve96 1 year ago 3
best sub movie ever made,jurgen prochnow made this movie along with other great actors,he cared about his crew but wouldnt show his feelings very easily,ive seen das boot many times and i still dont like the ending but i guess it was pretty accurate how the allies constantly bombed the pens and so forth
dntlss 1 year ago
@dntlss The ending was certainly depressing, but that is exactly the point. A German-made film isn't going to be celebratory, as most American (and British) films about this period usually are. Das Boot's ending drives the point home mercilessly: after everything they've been through, all of their triumphs (of the will, sheer luck, and German technology), they get cornered and shot down like rats...on land.
Deutschlieber 1 year ago
@Deutschlieber your exactly right, i just got in the mail today the uncut version which i didnt have,gonna watch it tomorrow night,cant wait!!! thanks for your observation and have a good weekend
dntlss 1 year ago
@Deutschlieber so true...seen the film many times & always shed a tear at the end, even though I know what is coming.
ivangrozny27 9 months ago
@dntlss I think it is a great movie but thought the end was a bit contrived. It was politically unthinkable they were shown winning -they had to lose, but losing for almost all U boat crewmen meant being crushed while sealed in a steel tube. I do not think any director could make anything of an ending like that.
freebeerfordworkers 1 year ago
@freebeerfordworkers hey there, i agree with you,it had to end bad for them and the director did the best with what he had storywise, if i had my pick i would much prefer meeting my end the way they did than to being drowned somewhere in the lonely atlantic, i did by the way watch that uncut version, it was really good,it made sense out of a lot of things specially the kid and the flower shop gir story,im sure you have watched it (the uncut) but if you havent you should.
dntlss 1 year ago
Das Boot ages well with time and it's a great clip.
The first UK airing of the series was postponed on the personal instruction of Margaret Thatcher. She felt it would send out an 'inappropriate' message whilst British submariners were fighting in the Falklands War.
ludmic 1 year ago
Great flick!
chiralctr 1 year ago
I have the Ultimate Edition of this Film. German, English, everything. Its up with my favorite War (Mostly Submarine) movies, such as the Hunt for the Red October.
Lordxan0RETURNS 1 year ago
Legendary scene from a legendary movie .
magnvsmarcvs 1 year ago
Das singe ich immer leise vor mich hin, wenn es ganz dicke kommt.
HendrikW1 1 year ago 3
English wrote it. Irish wrote it. Bla bla bla. Whats it about. Its TIPPERARY thats what. Where is it. REP OF IRELAND thats where. END OF
Ballyhook 1 year ago
@IIxGoDZzxII yes, and it's famous because the Irish army had a big empire and fought all over the world. Hmmmm...
Be cool man. History can be your friend and is definitely stronger than mindless nationalism.
BTW being rude to random strangers just calls attention to your youth. Just an observation!
briandoom 1 year ago
People say great film moment, yes but the basics of it are just wrong.. germans singing that song in ww2 really....?
Jaxai 1 year ago
@Jaxai Yes, why not. It all depended on aditude of the U-Boot Commander.
ericpoperic 1 year ago
@Jaxai
It happened ALL the time! If i recall, "Its a long way to Tipperary" was one of Erwin Rommel's favorite songs, and had a record of it in his office. Music may be banned, but that doesnt stop people from listening to it. American Soldiers listened and loved the song "Lili Marlene" which was a German Song!
GeneralBurkhalter1 1 year ago
@GeneralBurkhalter1
And it seems "Katyusha", the Russian equivalent, later became a beloved Israeli classic from their heroic era. Though the USSR was hardly a friend of theirs.
pinz2022 9 months ago
diese platte wird euren weltanschaulichen unterricht hoffentlich nicht schaden scheiss nazi-ficker ... geiler film, geiles lied, RIP marine-soldaten
sunzsu 1 year ago
My favorite song in the movie!
TheM1Master 1 year ago
foto von dönitz an der wand
oring2kg 1 year ago 2
@thedublin16 Soz - well let's say that Jack knew which side his bread was buttered and the song was recieved well by his English audiences! (Written as well as any Englishman that was living in Cheshire at that time.) I have this sung by McCormack and Dawson - McCormack wins on this one. The Irish have always enjoyed a joke at their own expense but the English like jokes about themselves only if told by a Brit! The words of the song are v funny and similar to songs sung by Billy Bennet.
jonjamg 1 year ago
@thedublin16
If you read the lyrics it's English poking fun at the Irish! (again)
jonjamg 1 year ago
Long live Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock.
highperformer 1 year ago
This is what real real films are made of. Das Boot is one of the all time greats that I have very fond memories of. The sheer terror that these men endured inside the confined space of a U-Boat was accurately documented in this film. There aren't many films which have produced the same quality as this. One reason for that is because this film was based on actual experiences in the war and we can all empathize with these brave men who endured life inside the iron coffins known as the U-Boats.
legendkiller2004 1 year ago 53
@legendkiller2004 true what you say but spare a thought for the 30,000 british merchantmen plus canadian and american seamen,who where on the receiving end ,imagine being on a tanker ,with these uboats around my dads best mate was sunk twice ,the second time he never came back, he was 17 .
TheMightOfTheEnglish 1 year ago
@legendkiller2004
I remember reading a review at it's 1982 U.S. release by a Merchant Marine survivor who admitted to walking out. He couldn't play bygones be bygones.
pinz2022 9 months ago
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Its the gratest film i have ever seen
Hamsterschwein 1 year ago
Dammit, I loved the acting of the machinist, johann.. His real name is Erwin Leder.
Nikitns 1 year ago
@Nikitns Johann was one of my favorites!
In 1981 at the film started i could believe that i have a son in future ! My son was born in 1989 (a history year for germans) He makes an education with ship motors and he wants to be the chief of machine,
Today i love Klaus Wennemann . He is the chief of machine in "das Boot"
In real Life Klaus Wennemann is dead. A great actor!
cabrio379 1 year ago
@cabrio379
hey, I also got interested in becoming a mechanical engineer aboard a submarine.. I am educating myself right now, soon I will join the army (conscription) and later maybe navy to educate myself as an engineer
Nikitns 1 year ago
Lothar Gunther Buchheim has written das boot, if u like this u might google that name, he was a great man, he recently has died.this was from his book of his experiences
1955porsche 1 year ago
@thedublin16 thats not the point, learn to read, and i left that comment a month ago, so why not do something more productive than reading through month old youtube comments that nobody but you gives 2 shits about?
mrdj0060 1 year ago
Being both German and Irish, I really enjoyed this part of the movie. It truly gave a sense of the saying, "If I had met him in a tavern, I would have drunk with him, but I met him on the battlefield, so I had to kill him." One of the best anti-war movies ever made too in my opinion.
Littlewolf68 1 year ago
@Littlewolf68 yes, it is the best anti war film ever, MADE IN GERMANY!
Ausgerechnet aus Deutschland!
cabrio379 1 year ago
It was a british song composed in London about a brothel in Picadilly called "The Tipperary". I recall that even 15 yrs ago it was not sung much by Tipperary people at matches.
buaileamscith 1 year ago
German sailors listening irish song in english languge that sings Russian chorus
TheFaveteLinguis 1 year ago
Great moment from an amazing film,a human moment in an inhuman situation,like when the crew are upset about Schalke lossing .
iroscoe 1 year ago 61
@iroscoe
More than that, you can see the bunch just being Germans together for a moment. Though even hardened sailors like them would have probably turned green if they knew what the linings of their boots were made of...
pinz2022 11 months ago
@pinz2022 Its the juxtaposition of their personal values against those of the regime they serve,i saw a documentary where after a sucessful patrol the crew is told it will be rewarded with watches when the watches arrive they are old fashioned fob watches slung in a box obviously used and without chains according to the guy telling the story it looked like "booty" he had a real look of disdain on his face as told the story .
iroscoe 11 months ago
@IIxGoDZzxII Its a British music hall number written by some one from West Brom and populised by the Connaught Rangers,so there's really no need to call anyone a dipshit now is there? .
iroscoe 1 year ago
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gott mit uns
rheinsand 1 year ago
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nice wer will mit mia texten
MegaSoim 1 year ago 14
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lioneification 1 year ago
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@MegaSoim keiner
lioneification 1 year ago
@MegaSoim keiner!!!
lioneification 1 year ago
@MegaSoim wer will mit mir texten
DieBilligBeatzer 1 year ago
@krautkiller1969
ich bin baff...du kannst die feindessprache XD
mal im ernst, was willst du mit deinen provokationen erreichen?
RedHarlekinRed 1 year ago
Well, the really funny thing about this is the recording they play was done by the Red Army Choir!
Samborgocs92 1 year ago
aah love this....was this song ever sung in a chorus with modern instruments ? Am interested in finding that out.
dargay 1 year ago
the Tipperary song originated from british army soldiers that trained and were stationed in Tipperary town in Co. Tipperary Ireland and found its way to the trenches of the WW1. A lot of these soldiers were irish conscripts who were fooled into the army for a shilling a week little did they know where they would end up. We in Tipperary consider it our song.
72mossy 1 year ago
@72mossy
It must be the Irish in them that made them believe, that the shilling they were fooled by, was the Start of a holiday
They joined because there was no alternative !
keirfree 1 year ago
@krautkiller1969 wenn, dann eine arme deutsche "sack". du hinterlässt bei mir den eindruck, als wärst du gegen deutschland und deutsche, das impliziert schon dein name "krautkiller". und ich persönlich hasse es, für etwas erniedigt zu werden, für das ich nichts kann. aber vielleicht ist es auch ein falscher eindruck. und du hast mich beleidigt! :(
MrsNemonina 1 year ago
@krautkiller1969 krautkiller, warum lügst du bei deinen angaben? du wohnst bestimmt in einem öden dorf irgendwo in brandenburg, bist wahrscheinlich arbeitslos, jungfrau und lebst noch bei mutti.. ich hoffe jedenfalls nicht in irland - die iren würden mir leid tun, die haben abschaum wie dich nicht verdient :(
MrsNemonina 1 year ago
@krautkiller1969 krautkiller - that's...a nice name. get a life, little nazi-hoolican :) you wouldn't even survive the divorce of your parents.
MrsNemonina 1 year ago
:-O~
Tracer379 1 year ago
@krautkiller1969 A little tip, if you accuse someone of being unintelligent make sure you can at least spell the word, makes you look like an ass ;) p.s. Theres a big difference in Being British and being claimed by the British.
gixer121121 1 year ago
Up Tipp
lmegryan 1 year ago
TIpperaray is in Ireland and in the South and there is nothing British about it
aprilbaby1960 1 year ago
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Simply the best movie ever made! You may say that's just the talk from a war movie junkie, but no, this film best describes the lives of young men under stress and defeat in an unnecessary war. If you dare to watch an american hippocryte crapmovie, and then turn your attention to the good old u-96, you'll notice just what is so different about our Europe versus the degenerate states of america. If only the english of all people would stop sucking the yankee dick..
MrToad7777 1 year ago
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Simply the best movie ever made! You may say that's just the talk from a war movie junkie, but no, this film best describes the lives of young men under stress and defeat in an unnecessary war. If you dare to watch an american hippocryte crapmovie, and then turn your attention to the good old u-96, you'll notice just what is so different about our Europe versus the degenerate states of america. If only the english of all people would stop sucking the yankee dick..
MrToad7777 1 year ago
Charming idea, and one of the def highlights of the film, this singing. But if you read the original book, written by U Boat man Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, you see that this song was never sung - a fact that annoyed the author, including it, as when the movie was made it was out of his hands. Saying that, works very well in the film.
transonicbuoy1 1 year ago
Love it when Jerry, like our Hect below, speaks such good English. Keep it up.
transonicbuoy1 1 year ago
PLAY THE TIPPERARY SONG!
HaligonianType1 1 year ago 2
You just gotta love the 2nd watch officer:P
OnkelMickwald 1 year ago
fun thing is, its sung by the russian red army
SgtZippzapp 1 year ago
@SgtZippzapp It is? Like this recording?
OnkelMickwald 1 year ago
@OnkelMickwald yeah look it up, tipperary, russian red army.
sounds just the same
SgtZippzapp 1 year ago
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also, schnüffel gibts den keinen hier der mit mir chatten mag bin so gelangweilt
psychophysicqdqpc 1 year ago
Zu Geil,
EH jetzt sind wir die Tomis
KapitaenPommes 1 year ago
@KapitaenPommes aber ein bisschen ironisch ist es schon
schatzinsel00 1 year ago
excellent film
being in Uboats was the easiest way of getting killed in uniform percentage wise
worse than the russian front
conistonavenue79 1 year ago
awesome movie, liked it much.
waxyjay 1 year ago
30,000 dead. I agree that they were fighting for their country. But misguided. Higher powers will always finish you. Tragedy that so many decent British merchantmen died at their hands, mind. Lost into the deep, deep, Atlantic.
transonicbuoy1 1 year ago
@transonicbuoy1 "higher power will always finish you" wondering what gb would do without america, go read some history
Hect0rx 1 year ago
Was singing this song all day at work lol
EricToTheScionti 1 year ago
gotta love Gerrries singin' English songs... haha
Klens75 1 year ago
@Klens75 Irish song
dos1698 1 year ago
@Klens75 Irish song. Didnt England steal enough from Ireland?
Skillside 1 year ago
@Skillside Get your facts right - I think you will find it was written by an Englishman just before WW1 - the song relates to the British soldiers who served in the Tipperary garrison base - hence "farewell picadilly , farewell Leicester Square...." do you get it now ?
tigerman11000 1 year ago
@Skillside Just seen your profile made me have a chuckle - we all know what a lot of your Croat compatriots did in WWII (Tito excepted) in the Ustase scum led by Pavelic - 300,000 Orthodox massacered according to Nazi SD records.
tigerman11000 1 year ago
@tigerman11000 You just go and chuckle. How many innocent people died in British colonies, Ireland and Scotland under English opression? That number greatly excedes death count of Jews in WW2. And at least Ustashe fought for what was theirs. Their land. Unlike British who just steal land from everyone.
Skillside 1 year ago
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"Die Platte wird doch ihrem weltanschaulischem Unterbau doch nich schaden 1WO?" 1WO *schmoll* so geil!
Micha35 1 year ago
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Micha35 1 year ago
The Author of the original novel 'Das Boot', Lothar-Günther Bucheim, was a war-correspondent at the time.
Like all war-correspondents in Germany at the time, that meant being part of a 'Propaganda-Kompanie'-
the original "Embedded Journalist"- concept.
He knew that his reports had been propaganda, and that many people had joined the U-boat-arm as a result.
So, he slipped into the role of war-correspondent again when he wrote the novel-
but this time he wrote without being censored...
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over9000christian 1 year ago
this movie is just lovely<3333333
TheNorweagian 1 year ago 2
One of a greatests movies forever..
xoad2 1 year ago
If you have seen themovie you just think that that's "the feeel good part"
gboll3 1 year ago
Doesn't matter which side of a confict you are on. A good song is a good song.
TheCanadianWanderer 1 year ago 2
The most funny thing is that this is the recording made by the RED ARMY CHOIR...
Ragnaroekk 1 year ago 2
Really? That only adds to the cynism of the scene...German seamen on a U-Boot singing a British song about feeling homesick recorded by a Russian choir...what could express the absurdity of war in a more intense way?
NKA23 1 year ago 3
Briandoom. You're very correct. That song was a trench warefare song for the British during WW1. But the Nazi's didn't exist as "Nazis" at the end of the first world war. However, it's amazing, that nearly 100 years later, the song is still very recognizable
gerryjabba 1 year ago 2
This movie inspired me to study German.
jbra755 1 year ago 31
@jbra755
Why?
5SterneJens 1 year ago
@jbra755 I used to speak full conversations with examiners now I can only remember a few words, same with Irish, I speak even less of that. I only speak Engrish! :)
FieldMarshalRommel23 1 year ago
@jbra755 Klasse! Wenn ich dir helfen kann, gerne!
cabrio379 1 year ago
great movie, great song
zooflooder 1 year ago
i knew this song was in Goodnight Mr.Tom but dat was about it, i didnt know people in germany knew it too! im from tipp so i practically know it off by heart lmao
MzDin3o 1 year ago
It was one of the popular songs of WWI almost every soldier of all nations knew....it's about feeling homesick and wanting to leave war and just go home...and every soldier will understand that feeling.
NKA23 1 year ago
@NKA23 ya i knw wat its about. i wuz jst sayin...
MzDin3o 1 year ago
heidas passt nicht hier rein aber ich suche jmd zum schreiben bin so einsam
RaeleneBenchoff 1 year ago
Wir sind die Tommies!
Cool2BCeltic 1 year ago
to the person saying this is an english song its actually irish! tipperary is in ireland and it was the irish soldiers who faught with the britiah army ( ireland was still under the control of the british during ww1) who sang this song! just had to point that out!
AislingFahy100 1 year ago
What's also weird about this scene is the fact that the recording of Tipperary that they're playing was recorded by the Russian Red Army Choir.
eric201 1 year ago
its long long way to tipperary
SLAVEXANDROS 1 year ago
Grönemeyer so young. For those who don't know, the young blond journalist with the crew was then and still is a German pop star.
corn1971 1 year ago
wtf are you talking about? blond? he's a ginger
hogo1 1 year ago
Grönemeyer is not a ginger. Closer to light brown/blond.
corn1971 1 year ago
@corn1971
there is some red there
hogo1 1 year ago
LoL!!!!!! Und mitten drin: der Grönemeyer!!!!
NarutoUsomaki1 1 year ago
How cute
hitmankanadiz13 1 year ago
Reminded me a bit of "The Manitou's Shoe" (Der Schuh des Manitu) :)
jerusalemden 1 year ago
it's a wonderful soneg and very good film
ReggimentoTuscania85 1 year ago 2
They (Dem Deutsche Volk)All put their shoulder to the wheel one way or another , Thats what human beings do , We are all caught up in our local environment one way or another ,
stormywindmill 1 year ago
This clip is pretty complicated:
- Das Boot is a movie about a German WWII U-Boot crew
- the song is British and became popular during WWI amongst the soldiers. It's associated with WWI
- ...but it was also a popular song
- the song is about being homesick
- because it's British, it's annoying to the officer who is party-line Nazi, who clashes with the captain during the story, playing to the anti-war theme of "the people who make wars (politicians) are not the people who die in wars"
briandoom 1 year ago 44
@briandoom As "Lilly Marlene" ,a German song, became popular with the brits.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
@briandoom additional to this it is also intersting that not only english speaking soldiers sang the song but also the germans as you can see in the movie - not every german "Wehrmacht"soldier was a nazi!
EATcp 1 year ago
@briandoom much like Lile Marlen to the British Soldiers =)
valkoren 1 year ago
@briandoom This movie shows that great part of the officials of the German Armed Forces in the WWII were not followers of the Nazi ideal, especially inside the Navy. They fought for Germany and not for the Party Nazi.
Tetengue 1 year ago 3
And they fought because it was their job to do so, a job they wanted to do with honour...they were proud warriors.
NKA23 1 year ago
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@briandoom This movie shows that great part of the officials of the German Armed Forces in the WWII were not followers of the Nazi ideal, especially inside the Navy. They fought for Germany and not for the Party Nazi.
Tetengue 1 year ago
@briandoom Irish song by Irish soldiers. Tipperary being in Ireland.
dos1698 1 year ago
@briandoom maybe the germans adopted the song. perhaps the british troops retreating in ww1 were being mocked by the germans. yes it's an english song
PEDROCLASSIC 1 year ago
@briandoom Not british mate its Irish.
Lynnch1 1 year ago
@briandoom You forgot that the song is performed by the red army choir... a British song performed by soviets in a movie about German U-Boots... The best war movie ever.
Franzh 1 year ago
@briandoom hey fuck head this song is IRISH not british get your facts right
24fightingirish 1 year ago
@24fightingirish Afraid you are completely wrong, he's right, its a British army song.
gixer121121 1 year ago
@gixer121121 ...Are you sure about that? Tipperary is a county in Ireland..(emphasis: Ireland) I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be an Irish song.
xxxxx1 1 year ago
@xxxxx1 I AM FROM TIPPERARY (Emphasis :TIPPERARY) i think i should know where it is,Fuckwit.
i dont like repeating myself to Fuckwits, its a British marching song.
gixer121121 1 year ago
@gixer121121 this is from wikipedia
"It's a Long Way to Tipperary is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and co-credited to, but not co-written by Henry James "Harry" Williams.[1][2] It was allegedly written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge on 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Judge's parents were Irish, and his grandparents came from Tipperary."
mrdj0060 1 year ago
@mrdj0060 Yeah, the guy who wrote it had strong irish connections with his parents being from Ireland. It is still considered British because it was wrote in England and used by the British army
gixer121121 1 year ago
@gixer121121 Wow, why the rage? Are you really getting pissed over a single YouTube comment?
Anyway, there's a significant difference between a British marching song and an Irish song. Please get your facts right and read more carefully before shooting off some expletive-laden comment such as this one.
xxxxx1 1 year ago
@briandoom Wholly and fully agree! Nice way of putting it. Though I'm sure Tipperary was a popular round the world thing. "Lili Marlene" was popular amongst almost every combatant on both sides of the fence.
goldenhide 1 year ago 2
Very true to life anti-war film. Makes you realise how brutal the Atlantic campaign was.
BuddyFantastic 1 year ago 5
its not that far its only around 3 hours from my house haha
paulo69r 1 year ago