Das Boot (1985) Uncut Mini-series

STARS.........: Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann
DIRECTOR......: Wolfgang Peterson
WRITER........: Wolfgang Petersen, Lothar G. Buchheim (novel)
GENRE.........: War, Action, Drama
IMDB RATING...: 9.0/10  13,516 votes
IMDB link.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081834
RUNTIME.......: 5h 21mn
SIZE..........: 6.76GB
VIDEO CODEC...: HEVC (Main10@L4)
RESOLUTION....: 1920x1080
ASPECT RATIO..: 1.77:1
BITRATE.......: 2500 Kbps (3-pass)
FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps
AUDIO.........: German E-AC3 5.1 512kbps
CHAPTERS......: Yes
SUBTITLES.....: ENG
SOURCE........: Blu Ray
ENCODED BY....: Sartre
ENCODE DATE...: 2017-03-05


Based on an autobiographical novel by German World War II photographer Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, Das Boot follows the lives of a fearless U-Boat captain (Jurgen Prochnow) and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the Atlantic and Mediterranean in search of Allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey. There's very little plot, so the movie's power comes from both its riveting, epic battle scenes and its details of the boring hours spent waiting for orders or signs of the enemy. With the exception of one staunch Hitler Youth lieutenant, none of the crew is particularly loyal to the Nazis, and some are openly hostile toward their Fuhrer; this allows viewer sympathy with the men as they perform their laborious, monotonous duties in cramped, filthy quarters, or await death as depth charges explode all around the sub. Prochnow is excellent as the nerves-of-steel commander, and many of the supporting actors -- all German -- are solid as well, although the characterizations border on war movie clichés (the young crewman who has left behind his pregnant girlfriend, the Chief Engineer whose wife is seriously ill). The real star, however, is cinematographer Jost Vacano, who makes the sub's grimy, claustrophobic interior come to vivid life, as his camera follows the crew through hatches, up ladders, into bunks, and under pipes, creating a palpable sense of claustrophobia while injecting it with movement. This release is the 6 episode uncut mini-series.



Episode 1: Operation Atlantik - Autumn 1941. The crew of the U 96 celebrates its last day on land in La Rochelle, France. The exuberance of the men is nothing more than the fear of the next mission, which could be the last. War correspondent Lieutenant Werner does not understand the apparent cheerfulness, as he does not yet know the pitiless harshness of the war in a cramped submarine.

Episode 2: Auf Suchkurs - The U 96 crew has been running on patrol south-west of Ireland for days. Monotony, inactivity, and boredom on board are transformed into aggression. A message about a convoy changes the mood of the crew. The "old man" risks a periscope attack. Surprisingly, a destroyer emerges, which hunts the submarine with depth charges...

Episode 3: Angriff - For almost four weeks, the submarine is traveling south-west of Ireland and is held underwater by a destroyer during its first attack on an English convoy. Exploding depth charges hurl the crew and submarine into chaos. But the "old man" succeeds in maneuvering U 96 out of the danger zone. Subsequently, the submarine gets into a storm period lasting more than three weeks.

Episode 4: Himmelfahrtskommando - The U 96 encounters a convoy and sinks three cargo ships with its torpedoes. Then a 24-hour pursuit of the submarine begins with two destroyers dropping depth charges. The "old man" tries to escape in 230 meters of water depth. The end for U 96 seems to have come. 

Episode 5: Auf Grund - The U 96 has been dispatched to the Mediterranean. After picking up supplies in the Spanish town of Vigo, the journey to Gibraltar begins. An aviation attack during the nightly crawl and cruising British ships force U 96 to a neck breaking dive - at 280 meters depth the submarine hits the bottom of the ocean ..

Episode 6: In der Heimat - The submarine is heavily damaged, lying on the ocean floor in a depth of 280 meters. Despite the seemingly hopeless situation, the crew starts with repair work and dares an attempt to emerge. After tormented tension the U 96 finally breaks off from the ocean floor ...