SummaryIt is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. Das Boot is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained ... Read More
Directed By:Wolfgang Petersen
Written By:Wolfgang Petersen, Lothar G. Buchheim
Das Boot
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
85
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Universal Acclaim
8.6
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
81% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
19% Mixed
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100
You emerge from this experience rather like a returning U-boat crewman -- drained, blinking in the light, but oddly triumphant. [Director's cut]
100
At once a devastating condemnation of war and an exciting action film...The additional running time only adds to Petersen's masterfully bleak, claustrophobic atmosphere. Das Boot is by no means a pleasant experience, but it's an intelligent and emotionally gripping one that you won't forget. [Director's Cut]
User score
Universal Acclaim
93% Positive
178 Ratings
178 Ratings
5% Mixed
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2% Negative
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3 Ratings
May 11, 2023
10
One of all time greats, and old movie, but one you shouldn´t miss. Very suspenful, very entertaining, will keep you gripped to your seat.
Feb 29, 2020
10
The best german movie all time. The suspense is high during almost the whole movie and it is easy to understand what is happening. In the same time the movie gives a good view into the normal day on a uboat, because it is more realistic than sensational or put in some feelings or patriotism. The atmosphere is great and the play with the sound is amazing. Classic
100
Wolfgang Petersen's direction is an exercise in pure craftsmanship. [Director's Cut]
83
Sweaty and claustrophobic, exciting and horrifying at the same time, it never lets us forget we're riding aboard a giant, primitive tin can, a hunk of industrial machinery that mingles the illusion of omnipotence with the reality of a floating prison cell. [Director's Cut]
80
Racing through the sub, squeezing through tiny openings, director Wolfgang Petersen's camera brilliantly evokes the claustrophobia and clamor of undersea battle.
60
Unlike Hollywood's hygienic undersea dramas, Das Boot graphically depicts the nasty intimacy of a long mission.
60
The film has no qualities beyond its formal polish--and its careful avoidance (or rather, displacement) of the moral and political issues involved can seem too crafty, too convenient.
Mar 6, 2019
10
Review for the Director's Cut, in German.
Is Jaws my favourite movie? Is Shawshank? Is The Empire Strikes Back?
No, because Das Boot is.
The tension, the danger, this is a slow burn movie with a feeling that everything on-screen is authentic to the hellish experience of being stuck on a U Boat in WWII. That's why I prefer it in German with subtitles (although the original German cast did the English dub so its pretty good). Watching in German adds to the authenticity.
Sehrohrtiefe!!!
Oct 2, 2018
10
My score 100
Metascore / User score 86 / 80
Tomatometer / Audience score 98 / 95
IMDB 84
(90.5)
Oct 14, 2017
10
A true epic, what a masterpiece, one of the best and most intense war films I've ever seen.
Now I have to find the different cuts, let's see if it gets even better.
Feb 22, 2023
4
The English dubbing was awful so I switch to native German with subtitles. Film states 40,000 U-Boat crew went to sea and 10,000 came back, but I didn't care if only zero had came back. They killed my people, so... I was so detatched from watching this movie beyond the historical WW2 stuff.
Production Company:
- Bavaria Film
- Twin Bros. Productions
- Radiant Film GmbH
- Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Release Date:Feb 10, 1982
Duration:2 h 29 m
Rating:R
Tagline:This is the story of 42 raw recruits caught up in a war they didn't understand, and the Captain who must lead them in their struggle to survive.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 6 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Camera, Germany
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
