preferred the subtitled version than the dubbed one

This the way an interview should . A respectful host allowing the guests to talk .

Best sub film ever made, by a mile, i watch and recomend watching it in german with english subtitles. Absaloutly brilliant. Great cast, jurgen prochnow is superb. Cant speek more highly of him. All the cast were awesome. Just a masterpiece that will live on as the best submarine film ever made.

Then it was the best warmovie ever. Now 40 years later it is still greater, because it did not age at all. An all time classic.

I always watch it with English subtitles, so much of the character of the film comes from hearing the German. All these years later it's lost nothing.

One of the best films I have ever seen! Rest in peace Wolfgang Petersen.

Best Submarine War Film ever made. And one of the best, if not the best War Film ever made as well

Ich bin Wolfgang Petersen sehr dankbar, dass er diesen Film, Das Boot, gemacht hat. Da ich weiß, welche Umstände seinerzeit herrschten, ist es noch einmal mehr eine Bewunderung wert. Dass Petersen nun von uns gegangen ist, macht mich traurig - aber er hat uns sehr viel gegeben, und das sollten wir erhalten. - Kay Fischer, Germany, Berlin.

Rest in Peace Wolfgang Petersen !!😥😥😥😥

Still the best film on combat in a WWII submarine, - and by a wide margin.

One of the best war films of all time

This is how to conduct an interview. I miss this era where the artists were just allowed to speak (and i realise this is from an independent student channel, but nevertheless). Bravo to the people who made this interview so we could actually hear how the film was made.

As soon as it came out in the United States I And twenty three of my friends put five Zenith televisions in our community center and watched Das Boot together. At that time it was the finest submarine movie ever made and we enjoyed it to no ends. I still remember cheering when it was over then we discussed it amongst our selves about how real it seamed. Then we played an encore after that we found things we missed the first time. The second time it was played in German because we were all fluent or semi fluent in German. That you Mrs. Burris for teaching us your beautiful language. After the viewings we had a wonderful dinner our mothers made for us. That was one of the funnest most entertaining days in my life then. It was like we could smell the stench from the U Boat , I could taste the awful food and even itched when everyone got the crab lice. The movie was from the the German point of view of men fighting to save their country. The movie was something we almost never got to see THE TRUTH about war. Not just the U Boat but war in general.

Rest in peace, Wolfgang Petersen!

Yes a great film. One of my favorites. Acting and scenes brilliant

I was in the Service when this movie came out. Didn't watch it until many years later. The acting is very good, especially Prochnow. He gave his character quite a bit of depth. You could feel the sense of disappointment or elation coming from the Skipper. Funnily enough, I was in Submarine School when this movie was in the Cinema. This movie is right up there with any of the Submarine flicks.

An absolute masterpiece!

In 1983 when I first saw the movie I had just returned from a 2 month TDY . The film was recommended by an other NCO with No spoilers other than you will like it. At the end of the movie I was shocked at the air attack, thinking how dare they kill My Men. Yes, My Men. I had bonded with the crew.

Brilliant film as were all the actors.

Since I was a young boy, I have always been fascinated by submarines. Seeing the Disney film "20,000 leagues under the sea" started it all. I read everything about submarines I could get my hands on. I've watched "Das Boot" many times. To all who participated in making "Das Boot" a film, well done.

This is one of the most real depicted war movies I have seen. It is real to an impressive degree, you can almost smell the stinky feet of Pilgrim 😂. They caught that claustrophobic theme perfectly. The camera work was wonderful. I have started watching the movie again right after it ended. Have seen it 5 years before, and it just got better by age

RIP Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022)

First saw this as a kid in the '80s in a big screen movie theater and was blown away by the visuals- especially the realistic POV shots that showed the claustrophobic environment of a submarine. Such a great film.

Everyone who worked on this were way way ahead of their time. This man has got to me on my top ten favorite directors of all time.

The English synchronisation is horrible to listen to. This movie should be watched in German with subtitles to get the real experience.

Two amazingly articulate gentlemen . And the film is unequalled .

Totally mesmerising film. It's the only movie where I wanted the German sailors to succeed

I lived near Kiel for a while and on the east bank of the "förde" is the naval war memorial, in Laboe. The plaques commemorate all the dead U-boat crews including from the first world war. The numbers of names are horrifying. Their ages even more so. On the shore is the preserved U-995. It is a very simple affair with a ramp in at one end, and a ramp out at the other. Nothing really done to the inside. A bit of glass protection here and there, but it's basically an 80 year old machine in original condition. When you walk through it and then think of the crew numbers (57 at full complement if I remember right) it is simply unimaginable. How they lived like that, I have no idea. And how they died in those things is unthinkable. The film which I saw as a child in the UK (the tv series actually) was a monumental achievement in cinema and television. It is a part of history that we should never forget. We should learn from it. Never to repeat those things again.

Das Boot remains the most anxiogenic movie i've watched the last 50 years.

An excellent movie. Excellent acting.

Great movie. I've watched over and over. I like the original 6 story version, which contains many important scenes, but removed in the director's cut. Actually I watched with Japanese subtitle. I tried to understand words without it only to find out that I could understand only numbers, such as 13.5 meter, spoken in German! Na Maenner, alles klar?

It's odd to think that the film is now as far back in the past as the war was from the film.

Excellent film. They don't make them like this anymore.

I did some construction remodelling job for Jurgen. A completely nice, humble man. When those boats came home, the stench was terrible. 50 men, no bathing for three months, plus food and diesel

One of my favourite movies I often watch on DVD.

a master piece

Das Boot was an awesome movie! So good to see the German side of things. When I usually get barraged from the American side of the wars.

Best submarine movie to date.

Those dubbings suck sweaty balls big time. All time number one film, especially the longest 5h version, as it gets deepest into the personal characters of the crew.

one hell of a movie. loved it

Been my favorite movie since I saw it in theaters when I was 13 years old. Good interview too.

Best movie they ever made so real.

I believe that Petersen originally made this film as a mini-series on West German television about 1980, because the full length is five and a half hours. Given that length, it was probably shown over two nights, though German television was (and still is) more like PBS than commercial television in the U.S., so it was shown without (or very limited) commercial interruption. Imagine viewing it like that! The full version drags in some segments as it portrays the utter boredom of life on the submarine for long stretches of time, but Petersen did this purposefully, and it is still dramatically effective. And then, of course, the boredom is punctuated by the short periods of sheer terror, which Pedersen and the cast and crew did brilliantly. So if you are willing to spend the five and half hours, please see the original full-length version. And it is best in German with English subtitles. If you know German fluently and don't need the subtitles, even better!!

This movie makes u feel like you are one of the crew ,but the fear of being down there in real life must have been scary .

😏 Das Boot , Operation Petticoat & Hunt for Red October will remain forever my all time favorite submarine movies !

one of the best war films ever made.

The original book is worth reading. A relentless testimony on the senselessness of war itself.

I remember seeing this film back in the early 1980s on TV and now recently got it on Blu-ray with the full uncut version both english (which most of the actors spoke) and german. It still gives me chills. Excellent Movie!!!!

First saw Prochnow in Dune as Duke Leto. Brilliant in that and excellent in this, you would think he’d have become a bigger name.

This masterpiece in 2021 is as old as the mission it was based when the movie was released

It's amazing that they were able to find ANY submariners to talk to. The fatality rate was something like 90%. That is a brutal %. These people knew that there was a 90% chance that they were never coming back again.

To make a diy steadycam in late 70s tech is also a great achievement. Very impressed

One of the best , if not best antiwar films ever made !

They both speak perfect English very impressive,,

Not only the best maritime war movie ever but possibly the greatest war movie of all time.. ..at least in my opinion. - A great movie is always accompanied by great music and so it is with DasBoot.. The music is perfect . - I watch it on a yearly basis, an All Time Favorite that I'm glad Hollywood didn't get a hold of..

One of the best anti war films ever made . Remarkable , more like a documentary than a fictional war film . I do not think it would have been such a good film if the Americans had made it, with well known actors !

Possibly the greatest movie made about seaman at war ❤ Nothing even come close to this very day

Good Cast.........Actors.

One of my favorite movies of all time I try to only watch it only once every 2 - 3 years so I don't remember the next sentence verbatim and can try to enjoy it like the first time. Thanks for the upload

Yes brilliant by brilliant people my all best film.

The effort of the writer, director, actors, camera crew and all those working hard behind the scenes, really paid of with a wonderful movie that showed the human side of a U boat crew. I have seen it many times. It is one of the best movies.

The movie is (before Downfall) the metaphor how many germans think they experienced the war: Trapped in a tin can, drafted, not sure where it is going, no exit, just war and after all the horror there is one outcome waiting for many: Death. Even though this narrative leads to declarations of innocence and guilt in some case (what could we have done?), it was a horrible journey that was experienced together. Its the story of a traumatic experience in every psychological sense.

Thanks Colin this an absolute gem,crikey Das Boot is one of my all time favourite movies and the quality of interviewing in these videos is top notch its a pity TV today doesn't do more interviews of this quality Mark Lawson before he fell out with the BBC was the last one to do interviews like this. The video work on this is really good quality as well.Thanks for sharing.

I am Jewish and when I saw the movie "Das Boot(The Boat)" in 1982, I still cheered for the crew of the WW2 German U-boat and I still became very deeply upset when only one of the crew survived the air attack at the end of this fantastic movie!

When germans make a film about World war 2, it is always much better than anything other produced: Das Boot, Stalingrad and Der Untergang..

Super film , fantastic actors especially the captain. The bridge ( as mentioned) is also a great film.

a masterpiece

Most amazing concept..what approach by Wolfgang Peterson... I loved his work.. the forever ♥ movie war ...its best and amazing ..I have seen many times..loved forever

Thank you for posting this!

Incredible movie RIP Wolfgang

Right up there with the best war film ever made .Easily the best Submarine movie by a country mile . Brilliant & Timeless !*****

An excellent movie all credit to them for the making of it. Yes they were the villains of the time but the majority of no fault of their own. Like our lads they were put into the situation and so had to do their bit. All aspects of war is terrifying and this gives such a realistic example, the only good thing they got out of it was the true comradeship they experienced, this because the terror was the same for all no matter what the rank.

After suffering with the crew for the entire film the ending is devastating. This tops Saving Private Ryan and sits with 1917 as the most authentic depictions of war. The submarine division were the most anti Nazi of the German forces.

A masterpiece!! I watched the original series on the TV then bought the Video cassette, which I still have, complete with VHS recorder/player and have the DVD as well. When I'm looking for inspiration, I watch it. I haven't seen the new second Das Boot though, the original is good enough for me. My Father was in the RNVR as an engineroom artificer, most of that war on Escort vessels protecting convoys. I served as a Naval volunteer reservist marine engineer, for sixteen years, on Inshore minesweepers and small patrol vessels, so can appreciate the cramped conditions that these Guys lived in. Excellent film and a brilliant tribute to the people that served in the submarine service of any country!

Thank you for sharing this! I love the movie! This movie is s good! i'm in california . Such a great interview. TY!

If You like the movie I absolutely recommend to get and read the book where this film is based on: Das Boot by Lothar Günther Buchheim. There You will get more details and insights and backgrounds.

You have to watch the entire film with English subtitles in its original language. Watching it in dubbed English just does not work.

Buchheim went on one patrol, actually. The episode at Gibraltar didn't happen as depicted in the book and movie. In reality, the boat was grounded three times. They got down to 180m, then they emerged and went closer to the African shore and touched ground at a lesser depth, then again. It was still a very close escape from the British ships but not that dramatic. Also, when they waited for their pick up before entering La Rochelle they didn't meet that U-Boat that got sunk by a mine and a plane. That actually happened to U 981. Buchheim was on U 309 fleeing from Brest to La Pallice (which is by some, especially Bucheim supposed to be counted as a patrol) after Brest had gotten encircled by US land forces after D-Day. Waiting for the escort to La Pallice, U 309 met U 981, U 981 hit the mine, a plane sunk it. There's actually pictures of that taken by Buchheim, just as there are many authentic picturses he took on the 7th patrol of U 96. So basically yes, all that happened but slightly different. Buchheim started writing "Das Boot" during the war, it was a manuscript titled "Das geduckte Leben" (The hunched life). It didn'T make it to print and only after the war Buchheim said he could finish it properly, without being censored and without the need to make it a work of propaganda. Buchheim's job back then was producing magazine articles, paintings and photographs to be used for propaganda, mainly to get more recruits for the U-Boats. That worked pretty well, the U-Boats always had enough young men volunteering, despite the huge losses they took. Ironically, when Das Boot was released it had a similar effect as the propaganda in WW2: The German U-Boats became very popular with marine recruits.

Great film and so real been on a british diesel boat and the smell off fuel salt water and sweat I will never forget.

Danke für das Video.

That movie is so good I was kind of relieved to see Der Alte wasn't actually dead.

That was interesting. Thanks for uploading it.

A classic among the 'War Movie' genre-thanks to all the effort put into it by the producer and actors. Great interview-i never knew it took so long to film! I had read the book-(paperback)-some months before seeing the movie at a smaller old theatre in Atlanta Ga then. An 'indie' / spe cialty cinema -so it was shown in German w English subtitles.Makes a difference in the viewing I think. Cant remember length of that movie though vs later cuts. The attention to authenticity was cutting edge since all previous Submarine films were generally so 'clean/roomy due to set designs. Most postwar US nd British ilms could use actual sub for exterior shots but interior was usally fixed view due to space if inside the actual boat- but no custom camera rigs like this films. At the time the only surviving Boats were two type IX s- U-505 at the Chicago Natural Museum of Science,USA,captured in early 1945 IIRC, and the Norwegian Navy had one that they kept as a war reparation in 945and used operationally for some years after-as they had stocks of spare parts at the U-Boat Bunker in Bergen,(I think thats the location) . That Sub was given back to Germany as a good will gift(?) Gesture in early 1990s I think,and is now displayed up on shore at a specially made Park and memorial in Keil Harbor to the lost Subs and crews of both World wars U-boat branches. You can tour thru both the U-505 in Chicago and the boat at Kiel. A book I would recommend reading that is as good as Das Boot is "Iron Coffins" by a U-Boat Cdr . Named Herbert Werner. Covers his career in the Kreigsmarine from his Cadet Training just before the War thru his service on several subs and finally his own command and thru to the End of the war.

I first saw this movie in a theater, subtitled (thank God). The dubbed version is a disappointment (I hate dubbing). This is not only one of the best war movies ever, but a great movie, period. Very impactful, very well done.

I'm a Baby-Boomer. And I say that proudly. My dad was a Marine right at the end of WWII. Fortunately, he didn't have to take part in the D-Day invasion. He was assigned to a little-known action in the southern coast of France, as well as other ports of call in the Mediterranean. But he and my mom instilled into my brothers and me, the importance of sacrifice, of patriotism, of serving ones country, and for that, I say, thank you mom; thank you dad... Thank you.

The best sub movie ever, in my opinion. PD : after Operation Petticoat. 😁

Regardless of the genre, Das Boot is my all time favorite movie. I have two versions: one I have on DVD titled the Directors cut, while the other I dubbed from a TV broadcast on VHS. The latter starts the story in more expanded detail than the former, featuring briefly a goodbye scene where the young submariner waving a sad farewell to his French love interest high above the harbour waving from a window. Das Boot is skillfully crafted and its not long before I, the viewer was easily immersed in the film. The story is portrayed in such away that an empathy for the main characters is quickly developed. The captain is clearly a leader of men and has their respect and implicit trust. After all, this is a community with a common purpose directed by duty and- a need to survive this harsh and unforgiving world of the Kreigsmarine U Boat service. A wonderful movie to be sure.

What a Movie..!

This is one of the greatest movies on the subject ever made. It is one of the few movies I've ever bought it is that good but do not get the "English Voiced" version, get the "English dubbed" version. This is the proper way to see this movie not like 1970's Japanese voice-over cartoonish things. This movie deserves more respect.

Prochnow sniffs. I had assumed it was part of the character he played.

This is gthe best ww2 submarine movie ever made I went too a veterans day event I got too talking to an American Sub vet and asked him what it was like being depth charged he told me it was one of the most terrifying experience he told me that the only movie that came close to the real thing was Dad Boot

Thanks for this Liked for sure

Great video THANKS

Daz boot was hard to watch because of sub titles when I watched it but once into it it was a fantastic film.

Film History!

A weapon not a boat! Chilling!

Early 80s public broadcasting music if I ever heard it!

It's was a crime to dub this film in English.

RIP Wolfgang Petersen. Das Boot. Best German fim. Best antiwar film.

The lead actor was the Christopher Walken of his time.