adonis98-743-186503 The claustrophobic world of a WWII German U-boat; boredom, filth, and sheer terror. Das Boot showcases a very realistic and powerful catastroph that a U-Boat faced during the World War II but the destruction, death and hunger that those men faced. As far as direction goes this is a very stylish film with great underwater sequences but also a very good looking movie in general, the soundtrack was also really good especially the end credits one and as far as perfomances go i think Jürgen Prochnow was the stand out of the entire movie. Now as flaws go? the 209 running time will bother some people perhaps even tire them a little bit but overall still a really good film. (7/10)

mads leonard holvik If you think war is about glory and medals and patriotism and an evil enemy, think again. War is protrayed here to be very real, very gritty, with not much glory in the end. In stead of forcing the melodrama upon us, in stead of painting the enemy as monsters, we see ordinary men caught up in the reality of it all. This is, as the other reviewers have pointed out, a legendary movie.

dakwamyth This has to be one of the best, if not the best psychological studies of war in a movie. The tension, tedium, and coarseness all work so well together that you can actually feel for the crew. The viewer get a close and personal feel for what these crews went through, how they felt, and what they had to go through to serve their insane Government. Wolfgang Peterson did a fantastic job directing this movie, and the cast was top notch to carry this out the way it needed to be. Do not expect a high action movie, it has its action, but that is not what this movie is. Be ready for a movie that is long, drawn out, and sometimes tedious to watch, it is well worth every minute of it. Be ready for a no thrills movie that shows you what hell was like in submarine warfare, in WWII. I wish we had something like this for the American Submariners in WWII.

Per Johnsen I wonder if this film would have ended up on the poster at the local cinema in my birth town if it were today. It wasn't any block-buster but so much better than most of them. Back in 1981 one could still see rare and independent quality film also in small town cinemas. I was 14 and absolutely not prepared for this kind of experience. Back then the age limits were normally 7 or 13, and 18 if there was any particular sex or violence. "Das Boot" completely lacks sex but the claustrophobic intensity actually feels kind of violent. I wonder if the limit on "Das Boot" wasn't 18, and perhaps for a good reason. I am glad I went and got in anyway, but I'm even more glad I never was a German U-boat crew in WW2. Leaving the cinema I felt absolutely stunned, shocked and still not quite aware of what had hit me.This unique film is so fantastic one forget it's fact based fiction. Simply so intense, it feels almost like being in the U-boat. It's No.27 on my top 100 list, but it probably deserves a higher score.