DVD
Das Boot
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
The director's cut ; Deluxe widescreen presentation.
Languages
In German, English or Spanish, with optional English, Spanish or French subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Oliver Stritzel, Otto Sander, Günter Lamprecht.
Publication Information
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Video, [1997]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 209 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R.
Summary
It 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. This is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers, attempted to accomplish impossible missions, while all the time attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served.
Notes
Title from disc surface.
"Digitally redesigned and remixed soundtrack! 60 minutes of extra footage"--Container.
Based on the novel by Lothar-Günther Buchheim.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1981.
Special features: The making of/behind the scenes ; director's commentary.