Slow moving film from switzerland that takes place during wwii where six people seek refuge in a village inn, much to the discomfort of the couple who runs the. Patriotism for my own country would tend to make me hate the crew on this ship by definition especially if portrayed as typical mindless killing machine nazis, but these characters are so well developed and played like humanbeings facing difficult decisions that i. Take advantage of great prices on bluray, merchandise, games, clothing and more. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. During world war ii, switzerland severely limited refugees. Set in wwii, it tells the fictional story of the crew of the u96.
They seek temporary refuge with a couple who run a village inn. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however. Sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. The 293minute version provides more information about. Indias first super speed train t18 to be faster than rajdhani, shatabdi. Also, much of the film is dubbed even in the original german because the noise on the sub was too loud for decent sound recording, so the actors had to dub their parts. Meaning the boat, it is an adaptation of lothargunther buchheims 1973 german novel of the same name.
The real captain of u96, heinrich lehmannwillenbrock, joined the navy in 1931 and served as navigator of the naval tender weser from 1933 to 1935. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits. Dieser film entstand im rahmen des kinderrechtefilmfestivals. The film was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film as a swiss submission. The story is based on a factual account uncovered in the bergier report, an investigation into swiss. The boat is a 1981 west german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by gunter rohrbach, and starring jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, and klaus wennemann. It was also entered into the 31st berlin international film festival, where it won the silver bear for an outstanding single achievement. A german submarine hunts allied ships during the second world war. What impresses me the most about the film, as the title makes apparent, is that its a german made film about a german uboat. With tina engel, hans diehl, martin walz, curt bois. The film depicts both the excitement of battle as well as the tediousness of a fruitless hunt. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming.
A train from germany halts briefly in an isolated corner of switzerland. Petersens film then shifts suddenly and dramatically to heartpounding tension as the sub engages in battles with british warships. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, german uboats have begun to take heavy losses. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a tv miniseries 1985, in several different home video versions of various running times, and. A timely release by kino lorber of a little seen but relevant film. Laut cine canal wurde dieser film im jahre 1981 freigegeben. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto int. The same audience gave the film a standing ovation at the end.
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