Posted on 08/17/2022 8:23:02 AM PDT by Towed_Jumper
Wolfgang Petersen, the German filmmaker whose World War II submarine epic "Das Boot" propelled him into a blockbuster Hollywood career that included the films "In the Line of Fire," "Air Force One" and "The Perfect Storm," has died. He was 81.
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Das Boot made you feel like you were in a submarine.
My sisters and I loved “The Never-Ending Story,” and of course, his other mentioned movies were ones I enjoyed, too.
Thank you, Wolfgang!
My absolute favorite by WP was “Troy”
#1 war movie of all time
I saw that movie with my dad one week before going to Boot Camp and entering the submarine service
Das Boot one of the greatest war movies.
Bit of trivia on the movie: The actors were all fluent in German, with that being the native language of most of them. When they did the dubbing into an English version, the same actors were used as they all were also English speaking.
We had Das Boot on at least three movie nights every single patrol it seems. Good movie, but even they can get old.
The scene where the Engineer cracks up is really memorable.
Interesting. Although I still prefer the subtitled version, I remember thinking it was probably the best job of dubbing a film into English that I’d ever seen.
The guy made some pretty good movies. Thanks for the entertainment.
In “Das Boot” I just loved the scene of the party before they went to sea, including the drive out past the “fire drill”.
There was just something that smacked of reality at that party. I could see it.
I guess he is now Wolfgone Peterson now.
Wolfgang actually had his Das Boot actors stay indoors for 40 days without sunlight to have a real anemic look before the cameras.
That’s the length of measures taken to make the film as realistic as possible.
Nuclear submariners like me who saw the film in the early 80s, came away as if we had just went through a mission.
RIP Wolfgang.
I enjoyed the three Hollywood. I hate to say I don’t recall seeing “Das Boot,” especially since I have seen hundreds of classics... R.I.P.
It sure is.
I have fortunately never been in combat, but in reading accounts of men in combat, one of the things it seemed they were most fearful of (besides being maimed or killed) was being perceived by their fellows as cracking up. It was a form of weakness nobody wanted to see or undergo, and when it was seen in someone, other men were embarrassed by and for the guy who was going to pieces.
I do believe they fear it because I also believe it is contagious.
When I saw that scene in Das Boot, that was what I thought about. A large group of men, holding onto their sanity by the thinnest of threads after being depth charged like that, and having someone go over the edge.
I could understand why, in the movie, the Captain would consider shooting him.
I salute all American sailors who go into the submarine service. For me, my personal policy has always been to avoid getting into boats that are designed to sink.
/chuckle
Thanks for serving, Hostage. I take my hat off to you guys.
I remember being a little kid with my dad (a destroyerman) stationed at Newport, RI when the Thresher went down.
I recall how somber my parents were.
They actually shot two versions of "The Longest Day", one with the actors speaking their native languages, and they also filmed the scenes with them speaking English, not dubbed. I much prefer to hear the actors in their native tongues with the subtitles.
It’s probably the only war movie where you can have some sympathy for the Germans.
Das Boot was Das Bomb Love Outbreak
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