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For the reworked Director's Cut edition released in , Petersen and crew added scenes from the TV series back in, completely retooled the sound, and cleaned up the often grainy footage to deliver a much more impactful experience.

Weighing in at minutes, this second extended cut basically restores the TV version -- unfortunately, both the good and the bad. The Movie First, the good: the extended cut is definitely the superior one of the three versions.

This is a great movie, from the wild party in La Rochelle at the beginning to the bitter end. Unlike many "more is more" cuts out there that add scenes better left on the cutting room floor, the longer Das Boot provides much better insight into the everyday life on a WWII submarine during the war.

Relying on often unreliable and outdated intelligence information, searching for the enemy meant weeks of almost blindly circling convoy routes, waiting for new orders and hoping for an encounter.

Much like 's novel by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, the extended edition artfully shows the excruciating wait and its impact on the crew. Petersen somehow manages to make us feel boredom without being bored. The wait is finally over -- but what looks like a break from the monotony quickly shows its ugly face… The true horror of war lies in the realization that the end of waiting often means an end to life itself.

Das Boot is a story about growing up for both the young crew and its captain. But at the same time, it's also a rare approach to a war movie in that it shows the story from the other side of the fence. Having grown up in Germany and gotten the "collective guilt" treatment in every class I attended in high school, I remember how impressed I was with Petersen's courage to portray German WWII soldiers in a positive light: as normal young men, fighting a war for far-removed ideals that started to crumble all around them.

After years of war movies with Germans as heavies, Das Boot turned things upside down, giving German and international moviegoers a rare glimpse at war without the genre's typically black and white characters. While there is plenty of criticism of Hitler's regime to make sure no viewer could misunderstand the film as pro-Nazi, Petersen wisely stays away from painting any character as a stereotypical, emotionless national socialist. The outcome is a cast of characters that is utterly believable -- and hours before the movie draws to a close, worth caring about.

Whether it's the gung-ho war reporter who quickly realizes that life on board is nowhere as glorious as Goebbels' propaganda films portrayed it, or the slow disintegration of the rich youth leader who voluntarily gave up a comfortable life abroad in order to serve his country, Das Boot proves that Petersen knows how to anchor plot in character development.

Glimpses of the director's talent definitely still show in more recent movies like Troy , but while the latter was overwhelmed by spectacle, Das Boot perfectly balanced character-driven plot and action scenes.

Speaking of which, for all the waiting, there is still plenty of action in Das Boot. Moments of exhilaration are followed by scenes of such nail biting intensity, it's tough not to want to watch the entire movie in one sitting. Some of the special effects are obvious by today's standards the flames of a burning tanker look a bit out of scale, for example , but since most of the tension is achieved by showing what's happening inside the sub, the movie still looks convincing enough.

The attention to detail is staggering. Much like the original Star Wars movies, Petersen doesn't dumb things down for the audience. Explanations of how things work in the boat are kept to a minimum -- the audience learns by watching things through the eyes of the young war reporter. By the end of the film, you will know what blowing air does to the sub, what the guy with the headset is doing, and what the different gauges mean. You will also know what depth the sub can go to without bolts shooting out and turning into deadly projectiles -- and you will remember everything you've learned when all hell breaks loose.

Unlike the previous release, this cut didn't undergo much in the ways of restoration. Colors are vivid too vivid in the case of the green underwater scenes for my taste -- but that was a flaw inherent in the original broadcast as well , and there are few problems with artifacts, but many of the high contrast and dark scenes are very grainy and the transfer isn't as sharp as the Director's Cut.

Still, what's there looks pretty good, especially considering that we're essentially dealing with a film made up of many scenes never intended for inclusion in the theatrical version or to be shown on a high-def TV. Comparing the two versions is a sobering experience. While the bolts fly from front to back and left to right in the DD and DTS tracks in the Director's Cut, you might as well watch this version on TV set with built-in speakers.

Explosions are muted and much of the creaking and clanking that freaked us out in the previous DVD release is either too quiet or non-existent. With the camera often confined in small spaces, showing us the reactions of the characters, sound is key in this movie. The restoration and enhancement efforts with the last cut were so good, the audio experience in this edition is a huge let down. For those contemplating whether to watch the movie in German or in English, know that the German language track is much better.

Though most of the original actors dubbed themselves into English, the delivery isn't nearly as good. Telling nuances, like the fact that the crew calls the captain "the old one" despite the fact that he's in his thirties are gone. Some subtitles depart too far from the original German. Oliver Stritzel Schwalle as Schwalle. Konrad Becker Bockstiegel as Bockstiegel.

Lutz Schnell Dufte as Dufte. Martin Hemme Brueckenwilli as Brueckenwilli. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Subject to countless hours of claustrophobic confinement and unending assault by enemy ships, the crew struggles for survival.

When the hunters become the hunted. Did you know Edit. Trivia The cast was deliberately kept indoors continually during the shooting period in order to look as pale as a real submarine crew would on a mission at sea. Connections Edited from Das Boot User reviews 28 Review. Top review. I watched this movie the very first time as a kid in on TV and was stoked right away.

I had not even been allowed to stay up late at that age but I was able to persuade my parents to let me watch it. Since then I must have watched this five hour version at least seven times and I would be very happy to see it again but unfortunately I do not own it. Do not let the genre "war movie" keep you away from watching this because it is far from being one of those typical "war movies".

It is not only the story which makes this one great but also the acting, the lack of special effects and the authenticity. Details Edit. Release date February 24, West Germany. German French English. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 4 hours 53 minutes.