Das Boot - Wikipedia Last week the German TV channel ZDF started a new series of the same story. Unfortunately with historically wrong facts. In this series a US American states something like:" The whole war is a Wall Street set up. etc., etc. Not worth watching, I am totally disappointed of the TV channel ZDF which so far had a good reputation of history specials. Stefan.
That scene (in the original) when they are deep in the water and the pressure is acting on the sub - just amazing. Am I right in thinking the original was much longer than the film version?
The original consists of 6 episodes totalling around 285 minutes whereas I think the film version runs for 149 minutes.
I enjoyed that part also and hadn't thought they would shoot someone if they lost it, like the chief mechanic did. Obviously easier to contain someone on a ship. Just hadn't crossed my mind. Does anyone know where to find a list of the crew lost on uboat 201 in Feb 1943? Or where there is a crew list when it sank SS. Rhineland Sept '41?
There's also a May 2020 up-and-coming Tom Hanks written film... Greyhound (2020) - IMDb "During World War II, a US Navy skipper must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by Nazi U-boat wolf packs." Greyhound (film) - Wikipedia Based on: The Good Shepherd (novel) - Wikipedia
Thanks Tricky & thanks Hucks for the link, I'll take a look for the crew there. Blown away by how good the series was.
Das Boot (TV series) - Wikipedia "A U-boat is struck by depth charges from a British destroyer. The destroyer's captain, Jack Swinburne, has just received news that his son was killed in action, and he is thus set on revenge. After accepting surrender, he shoots dead the U-boat captain and sinks the boat without picking up the survivors." Is it drama, or "based on real events" ? The wiki's "Critical response" bit coves some of the national responses to it, but... "Irish writer Colin Teevan, who became the lead writer of season two, found that "critics everywhere love the show, except in Germany"
