Das Boot

...too big for its britches," Sarsgaard says. "I know Kathryn (Bigelow, the director) was thinking of it as 'Das Boot' or something, but 'Das Boot' wasn't a big American movie about the Soviet navy, with people getting radiation sickness and...

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...hero William Wallace, claimed seventh spot while modern day war movie 'Black Hawk Down' came eighth. Wolfgang Peterson's German U-Boat drama 'Das Boot' was the only non English language film to make it in to the list on the ninth spot.

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...Black Hawk Down, recounting the experiences of American troops in Somalia, came eighth. Wolfgang Peterson's German U-Boat drama Das Boot was the only nonEnglish language film to make it in to the top 10 in ninth spot. Darren Bignell,...

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...of the Pacific, Silent Hunter 5 will cast players as the captain of a German U-boat, much like that portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film Das Boot. However, instead of the expansion's Indian Ocean setting, the game will be set in the...

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...to buy them cheaply after the War. Buchheim is best known from the 1973 novel based on his wartime experiences, Das Boot ("The Boat"). Das Boot was a fictionalised autobiographical account, narrated by a "Leutnant Werner". It is said to be...

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...you're ever flipping through the channels in Germany, check out this TV series about police on the autobahn. It's like ChiPs meets Das Boot directed by the guys from Starsky & Hutch-authentic stunts done with very little camera trickery to...

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Das Boot is the first album by the German dance group U96, released in 1992. The track Das Boot covers the soundtrack of the 1981 German film Das Boot, composed by Klaus Doldinger. The name of group (U96) is a reference to the film. Although...

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...drama breaks German taboo on laughing at Hitler era A film comedy which parodies the legendary, but deadly earnest 1981 submarine epic Das Boot has been released in Germany in the industry's latest attempt to show that the Second World...

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Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, 89, the German author and art collector best known for his autobiographical novel "Das Boot," died Feb. 22 of a heart ailment in Berlin. Mr. Buchheim was acclaimed for his books, including several about his World...

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BERLIN -- Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, the German author and art collector best known for his autobiographical novel, "Das Boot," has died at the age of 89, his museum and the office of the governor of Bavaria said. Buchheim died late...

In this article: World War II, Atlantic Ocean, German submarine U-96, Heart failure, The Boat, and Emil Nolde