Das Boot

The 1981 film 'Das Boot' is an epic war film and character study that explores the brutal and dehumanizing aspects of World War II submarine warfare. The film intimately portrays the experiences of a German U-boat crew as they cope with isolation, fear and the constant threat of death.

• Filmed inside a replica U-Boat measuring 150 feet by 20 feet.
• Actors were intentionally deprived of sunlight to mimic submarine conditions.
• The film's budget was $14 million, the largest in German film history.
• The cast and crew worked almost 11 months without a day off.
• The U-96 in the movie was a real German submarine in WWII.

• "I'll make a man out of you yet, Thomsen!"
• "A toast to the 8,000!
• "I'm not a Nazi. I'm just a good sailor."
• "Have you ever seen a U-boat? No. You've only ever heard them."
• "We've been gone four weeks. Four weeks!"