Here we have the directors cut and the full suspense, horror and tragedy of. Set in wwii, it tells the fictional story of the crew of the u96. At times i felt i was right there in the submarine the sound. The submarine pens the sub sets out from, and site of. Werner then sees the kaleun propped up against the docks as he. It is 1942 and the german submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the. Shot with absorbing veracity, the film alternates mundane claustrophobia rarely has boredom been. It is about the desperate, dangerous and exacting job of manning a submarine. This is director and screenplay writer wolfgang petersens most iconic work, and is based largely but not precisely on lothar g. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their.
The directors cut, 209 minutes long 3 hours, 29 minutes, released in 1997, which combines the action sequences seen in the featurelength version with character development scenes contained in. I saw this movie for the first time when it was released in theaters in 1982. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. It is 1942 and the german submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called.
Sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. This list shows all films released in 1982, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. It was stunning, i saw it in german with subtitles and hearing the crew speak german gave it a real sense of authenticity. Based on the 1973 novel by lothargunther buchheim, this movie depicts the story of the german u96 submarine or ub.
If it were an american sub, we would assume the film ends in victory, identify with the crew. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150 years of. The full sized mock up of the u boat was rented by steven spielberg for use in the first indiana jones film. Buchheim also wrote a trilogy of nonfiction books about the battle of the atlantic, the first of which is available in english translation uboat war 1986. There are currently nine videos available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Clearly the superbit dvd provides the strongest mix of audio and video quality. The film depicts both the excitement of battle as well as the tediousness of a fruitless hunt. German uboat real star of new second world war drama. In 2003, the starzencore movie networks finally premiered the complete, uncut miniseries version on u. This heavily edited version is the worst version available and yet it earned the film six academy award nominations. But at the same time, its also a rare approach to a war movie in that it. It was a risky effort for a german film maker to present wartime german men as merely humans and cast them in.