#44: Das Boot (1981)
Starring: Jurgen, Herbert and Klaus
Directed by: Wolfgang Peterson
Plot: German men hang out in U-boat during WW2. Things turn to shit.
But is it any good?
I simply could not watch it all. I know, I’m unqualified to comment properly on something I resorted to fast-forwarding through, but it was impossible. It just dragged on and on and on. I’m sure it was all meant to increase tension and reveal the disintegration of sanity in such claustrophobic conditions… but I have only so many hours upon this earth and simply could not bear it any longer. So I started skipping through scenes, which all seemed to look the same, to watch the highly depressing ending.
Bleakness, pain, fear, loneliness, claustrophobic conditions and horrible war? Check.
Something I cherished every minute of and rank among my favourites? *silence*
IMDb’s rating: 8.4/10
My rating: 4/10
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