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The Boat

Das Boot (The Boat)

1981

Wolfgang Petersen

Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch ...

7.7

23,568

War With the once-feared wolfpacks reduced to 12 lone U-boats, Captain Lehmann-Willenbrock (Jürgen Prochnow) sets out once more to hunt allied shipping. Now it's a different story - German air support and intelligence is weak, and British destroyers seem to be everywhere - and no longer making mistakes. By sheer willpower, good seamanship and superhuman effort, the Captain and his crew manage to avoid constant attack and make it to secret ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Truffaut said it is impossible to make an anti-war film, because films tend to make war look exciting. In general, Truffaut was right. But his theory doesn't extend to 'Das Boot.' (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Petersen pays great attention to the sights, sounds and smells that characterize the U-boat, on which several dozen men are confined. His direction powerfully fosters the impression that you, too, are there."	POS
United States	Desson Howe The Washington Post	"'Das Boot: The Director's Cut' has become one of the richest, most humanistic depictions of wartime life since Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A gripping, impressively detailed account of one harrowing voyage by a German U-boat during World War II"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The film has no qualities beyond its formal polish--and its careful avoidance"	NEU
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"'Das Boot' is by no means a pleasant experience, but it's an intelligent and emotionally gripping one that you won't forget."	POS
United States	Edward Guthmann SFGATE	"Suspenseful when it needs to be and intelligent in its depiction of the horrors of war and the sweaty claustrophobia of submarine life."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"The most convincing war movie ever made."	POS

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