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U-96, The True Story of 'Das Boot'

08/24/2023

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1hr 10min

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Documentary

,History

,TV Movie

STORY

Today, 80 years after the events and 40 years after the film, these images and testimonies shed an unexpected light on the reality of the fiction filmed by Petersen. The international success of the film Das Boot made the U-96, of which it fictionally recounts the 7th combat patrol at sea, the most famous of all Hitler's submarines and arguably one of the most famous movie submarines. But the true story of this extraordinary submarine and its equally exceptional crew goes far beyond fiction. Knowing that the success of Das Boot not only opened the doors of Hollywood to Wolfgang Petersen, but also made this film an absolute reference from which all submarine warfare films produced by American cinema were subsequently inspired, this opens ultimately the way to a broader reflection on the indirect, even unconscious relationship that exists between the power of the images of Hitler's propaganda and that of today's Hollywood cinema.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Friedrich Grade
  • Yves Buchheim
  • Enrique Lehmann-Willenbrock
  • Günter Rohrbach
  • Daniel Schreiber

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Nocturnes Productions
    • Girelle Production
    • ECPAD
    • Phish Communications
    • OCS

      Production Countries

    • France
    • Singapore

    LANGUAGES

    • German
    • French
    • English

    Cast

    Friedrich Grade

    Self

    Yves Buchheim

    Self

    Enrique Lehmann-Willenbrock

    Self

    Daniel Schreiber

    Self

    Rajka Knipper

    Self

    Gerrit Reichert

    Self

    Marc Braeuer

    Self

    Luc Braeuer

    Self

    Nicolas Férard

    Self

    Jürgen Prochnow

    Self (archive footage)

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