Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story

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TV Movie
Documentary

Overview

In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Millions of viewers worldwide make Das Boot the most internationally successful German film of all time. But due to disputes over the script, accidents on the set, and voices accusing the makers of glorifying the war, the project was many times on the verge of being cancelled.

Keywords

filmmaking
submarine
film shoot
cinema on cinema
cinema history
german history
german cinema

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 10, 2021
Original language: German
Spoken languages: french, german
Countries: France, Germany
Production: Bremedia Produktion,ARTE GEIE,Bremedia Produktion, ARTE GEIE
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt13859800