“Das Boot” is that rare German war film that’s not about Nazis but about decent men who were as much the victims of Nazism as were many of their country’s enemies. Das Boot is a story about growing up for both the young crew and its captain. If anything, that the men speak English (with only a slight German accent) only heightens what was already one of Petersen’s signal achievements, which was to persuade us to forget that the men were Germans. The true horror of war lies in the realization that the end of waiting often means an end to life itself. A subtitled five-hour version doesn’t exist, but no matter: only the minor characters seemed to be dubbed, and the English dialogue is on the whole excellent. Eine zweite Chance Air date: A story of choices and survival that explores the emotional torment of life. When Petersen shot his film he also shot a long version for German television and prepared this English-language version of it for the BBC. Tomatometer 1 Reviews 67 Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Episodes 1. At either length it is a major cinematic achievement. What “Das Boot” loses as sheer suspenseful entertainment at the far longer running time it gains in seriousness and indelibility. And the more we experience the men’s hardships and claustrophobia, the more deeply we feel the film’s message. Yet in being so lengthy, we feel all the more trapped in that narrow, cluttered U-boat with its quietly stalwart captain (Jurgen Prochnow, really superb) and his loyal men. Das Boot, Sky Atlantic, review: Drama lays bare the terror and sickening compromises of war The depiction of daily life in La Rochelle, with German patrols checking papers, communicates.
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