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Film · 1981 · War epic
Das Boot
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
1981
Germany
★ 8.1 editorial score
No war film has ever been this claustrophobic: Petersen ran a camera the length of a U-boat again and again until the steel walls start pressing in on you.
“Most of the action is confined to one U-boat, with a camera that travels up and down its single, claustrophobic corridor. Mr. Petersen pays great attention to the sights, sounds and smells that characterize the U-boat, on which several dozen men are confined. His direction powerfully fosters the impression that you, too, are there.”
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