Das Boot (1981)

Show Times: 7:00pm, 11:00pm*

Not Rated (208 mins.)
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
With Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann

It's 1941 and the Battle of the Atlantic --- German Unterseeboote (submarines) versus freighters supplying Britain --- is underway. We see this struggle from the perspective of the crew of a German U-boat, U-96: the relaxation and fun in port, the boredom of patrol, the tension of stalking a convoy, and the sheer terror when they become the hunted. This West German masterpiece is ferocious in its attention to detail: scenes were shot in sequence, using a special camera setup to extract incredible tracking shots in a claustrophobic space.

*Director's Cut

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