The Boat (1981)
(Das Boot)
Country: GER
Technical: col 149m
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer
Synopsis:
A young officer keeps a journal of his tour of duty on board a U-boat, patrolling the Atlantic, putting in for supplies at 'neutral' Lisbon and running the gauntlet of the Gibraltar straits.
Review:
A shortened cinema version of an exhaustive TV film. As a study of a group of individuals in extremis it is one of the most intense and claustrophobic recreations ever put on screen, the steadicam equipment providing a versatility not previously possible in this genre. The production, though, was quickly surpassed by such as The Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide, and the main interest here is the sweatily realistic acting and script detail.
(Das Boot)
Country: GER
Technical: col 149m
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer
Synopsis:
A young officer keeps a journal of his tour of duty on board a U-boat, patrolling the Atlantic, putting in for supplies at 'neutral' Lisbon and running the gauntlet of the Gibraltar straits.
Review:
A shortened cinema version of an exhaustive TV film. As a study of a group of individuals in extremis it is one of the most intense and claustrophobic recreations ever put on screen, the steadicam equipment providing a versatility not previously possible in this genre. The production, though, was quickly surpassed by such as The Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide, and the main interest here is the sweatily realistic acting and script detail.
(Das Boot)
Country: GER
Technical: col 149m
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer
Synopsis:
A young officer keeps a journal of his tour of duty on board a U-boat, patrolling the Atlantic, putting in for supplies at 'neutral' Lisbon and running the gauntlet of the Gibraltar straits.
Review:
A shortened cinema version of an exhaustive TV film. As a study of a group of individuals in extremis it is one of the most intense and claustrophobic recreations ever put on screen, the steadicam equipment providing a versatility not previously possible in this genre. The production, though, was quickly surpassed by such as The Hunt for Red October and Crimson Tide, and the main interest here is the sweatily realistic acting and script detail.