Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Released in 1981, this drama chronicles the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941. It went on to become a global phenomenon, with millions of viewers around the world, making Das Boot the most internationally successful German film in history nearly forty years after World War II ended. Yet the production faced repeated turmoil: disputes over the screenplay, on-set accidents, and accusations that it glorified the war, leaving the project repeatedly on the verge of cancellation.
Director(s)
Wolfgang Petersen
Thomas Nikel
Georg Grill
Sven Fermeling
