Das Boot - best movie scene ever

Das Boot ("The Boat"; German pronunciation: [das boːt]) is a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, adapted from a novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Hans-Joachim Krug, former first officer on U-219, served as a consultant, as did Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, the captain of the real U-96.

The film is the story of a single mission of one World War II U-boat, U-96, and its crew. It depicts both the excitement of battle and the tedium of the fruitless hunt, and shows the men serving aboard U-boats as ordinary individuals with a desire to do their best for their comrades and their country. The story is based on an amalgamation of the exploits of the real U-96, a Type VIIC-class U-boat commanded by Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, one of Germany's top U-boat "tonnage aces" during the war.

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[VNVgirl]

this entire movie was the best movie scene ever.... trust me

[BradBrassman]

I watched this first when I was only 21 and during the film, I realised I was rooting for the "enemy" which taught me for the first time the futility of war, which is most probably why the film was made in the first place.

[chad24ist]

i am not anti-German and you will find that the British did not murder millions of poor Jews and the disabled. And yes the Bombing of Germany was not a good thing to happen. The reason WW2 started was because the German's wanted to rule the world.

[SoSollEsSein1]

@chad24ist

OMG, shut up! The Germans weren't the only one who killed innocent women and children. I am really pissed when a brit speaks ill about the german soldiers!

You Brits with your anti-german attitude are so annoying. It was among other things one reason, that ww1 and as a consequence ww2 started.

[chad24ist]

ordinary soldiers don't blow up pasanger ships and let women and children die. The U-boat scum knew that women and children were on board. they did not even tell the Royal Navy that women and children were adrift. No one survived. As for the bombing of german cities, the germans bombed england first and to think we would not do the same then that is silly.

[Porkion]

@chad24ist If you can't see that these were just ordinary soldiers doing their jobs, then you're a heartless individual. They also felt guilty because of their lack of success, and thought that the continuing bombing of German cities was therefore also their fault. Get out of your spiral of hatred.

[chad24ist]

I have nothing but contempt for this lot. They murdered my uncle who was on a liner. is it no wonder the Royal Navy hated them

[satxguy71]

And as usual it takes a Snipe (no matter what nationality) to save the day....

[farmersfuel]

Deutschland war fantastisch!

[UnpaBGD]

It takes a real balls to do this job!

[Holowachuk]

watch it, watch it, watch it!

[lovesthestars09]

@Lintflas I love this movie because it portrays life at sea as it really is: cramped, dirty, and nerve wracking. I was in the US Navy and I've never seen an American film portray life at sea the this one does. American cinema is shit.