Das Boot
Das Boot (The Boat) is a 1981 German epic war movie directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It stars Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Jan Fedder and Otto Sander with Günter Lamprecht. It is set in the early 1940s. It is based on the 1973 novel Das Boot.
Overview
[change | change source]The plotline is the story of a German submarine in WWII in the Battle of the Atlantic. At first the going is easy, and the boat very successful. Gradually it gets more and more difficult are various anti-submarine measures are put in place by Britain. This takes a toll on the morale of the crew and captain.
The movie received many positive reviews from critics including Roger Ebert who gave the movie 4/4 stars. It was based on a book of the same title.
One curious feature of the film was that Columbia Pictures released both a German version and an English-dubbed version in the United States. The film's German version gross taking was much higher than the English-dubbed version at the United States box-office.[1][2]
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[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ EDITORIAL: Life Isn’t Beautiful Anymore, it’s Dubbed | IndieWire
- ↑ "Will Dubbing Fly in the U.S.? Read My Lips - The New York Times". Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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