Das Boot (IPA: , German for The Boat) is a film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, adapted from a novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Hans-Joachim Krug, former first officer on U-219, served as a consultant, as well as Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, the actual captain of the real U-96.

The movie has a strong anti-war message. One of Petersen's stated goals was to guide the audience through a "journey into madness," showing "what war is all about." Petersen heightened suspense by very rarely showing any external views of the submarine unless it is running on the surface and relying on sounds to convey action outside the boat, thus showing the audience only what the crew would see. The original 1981 version cost DM 30 millionOfficial Website (US$40 million in 1997 dollars) to make; it was at the time the most expensive film in the history of German cinema. The director's meticulous attention to detail resulted in an extremely realistic and historically accurate movie.

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The movie is the story of a single mission of one U-boat and its crew, following U-96 from its departure from La Rochelle, France, through its patrols in the North Atlantic and an attempted penetration of the Mediterranean, to its return to La Rochelle. It depicts both the excitement of battle and the tedium of the fruitless hunt, and portrays the men serving aboard U-boats as ordinary individuals with a desire to do their best for their comrades and their country. The story is based, loosely, on an amalgamation of the exploits of the real U-96, a Type VIIC-class U-boat commanded by Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, one of Germany's top U-boat "tonnage aces" during the war.

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So jetzt wird das Image auf die neue Festplatte überspielt. Danach kommt das Image von Vista per Boot Camp auf die Platte :)
aquaero (Marcel) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:15:38 -0000
So jetzt wird das Image auf die neue Festplatte überspielt. Danach kommt das Image von Vista per Boot Camp auf die Platte :)
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TG_LP (TG) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:50:11 -0000
Verizon (USA) und Vodafone (Europe) sind offenbar bereits im Boot und wollen das Nexus One anbieten. #nexus
TV signal on the blink. Luckily I took the precaution of borrowing all six hours of Das Boot on DVD :)
NWPRchris (Chris Hulme) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:16:50 -0000
TV signal on the blink. Luckily I took the precaution of borrowing all six hours of Das Boot on DVD :)
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