http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DS7nez1nRpM&feature=related<\/a><\/p>\nBut what is the movie all about?<\/p>\n
Well, the action takes place in 1941 during World War 2.\u00a0 German U-Boote<\/strong> (submarines) have the mission to sink Handelsschiffe<\/strong> (merchant ships) that supply England with important goods. But the battle gets harder and harder because the merchant ships are accompanied by destroyers.<\/p>\nAfter a hard drinking party in La Rochelle (France), the submarine U96 also has to set sail. Kriegsberichterstatter<\/strong> (war correspondant) Lt. Werner (Herbert Gr\u00f6nemeyer) is also aboard. He will soon change his romantic imagination of a dangerous trip with enemy contact like this. But first, there is no enemy contact so the crew is beginning to get bored and partly starts mobbing Lt. Werner.<\/p>\nBut the situation changes. A torpedo attack to a single Zerst\u00f6rer<\/strong> (destroyer) fails and the U 96 is being attacked by Wasserbomben<\/strong> (depth charges) for the first time. After this, heavy storms appear and the submarine has to dive from time to time because it\u00b4s hard to keep on track on the surface and it\u00b4s getting impossible to locate the own position. After meeting another German crew, they realize that other ships are off track as well, so there are big gaps in the \u00dcberwachungskette<\/strong> (supervisory chain).<\/p>\nEventually, U 96 approaches to an enemy convoy and sinks two enemy ships and damages a third one seriously. The submarine again is hardly attacked by depth charges but can escape knapp<\/strong> (curtly). After\u00a0 going up, they see the crew of a damaged ship burning and jumping into the water. But the captain refuses to held the enemy crew so every member of the U 96 who observed this is hardly disappointed and the moral of the crew gets down.<\/p>\nBack in La Rochelle, the U 96 gets a new Einsatzbefehl<\/strong> (mission order). The crew is supposed to go to La Spezia in the Mediterranian Sea. Therefore they have to pass the Strait of Gibraltar which is crowded by enemy battle ships. The crew tries to pass with a trick, but being attacked by Flugzeuge<\/strong> (airplanes) and battle ships, the submarine is forced to dive again. It\u00b4s getting out of control so it sinks down to the ground in a depth of 280 meters. The crew struggles to survive. Countless water inleakages have to stopped and the boat has to be fixed before there is even a chance to go up again. After more than 15 hours of fighting against time the boat finally reaches the surface again. The enemy thinks that they are all dead, so they can escape unbemerkt<\/strong> (unseen) back to La Rochelle. But while deboarding in La Rochelle most people of the crew are killed during a Luftangriff<\/strong> (air attack).<\/p>\nI have to admit, that it\u00b4s been years since I saw the movie, but I still remember that it was totally spannend<\/strong> (suspenseful) and during the research for this article I really got keen on seeing the Director\u00b4s Cut. So hopefully there will be a chance to see it soon.<\/p>\nHere\u00b4s some vocabulary:<\/p>\n
der Erfolg \u2013 success
\nder Roman – novel
\nnominiert sein \u2013 to be nominated
\ndas U-Boot \u2013 submarine
\ndas Handelsschiff \u2013 merchant ship
\nder Kriegsberichterstatter \u2013 war correspondant
\nder Zerst\u00f6rer \u2013 destroyer
\ndie Wasserbombe \u2013 depth charge
\ndie \u00dcberwachungskette \u2013 supervisory chain
\nknapp \u2013 curtly
\nder Einsatzbefehl \u2013 mission order
\ndas Flugzeug \u2013 airplane
\nunbemerkt \u2013 unseen
\nder Luftangriff \u2013 air attack
\nspannend – suspenseful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beside the introduction of German music, I also want to show you some important German movies. The first one is called \u201eDas Boot\u201c and was made back in 1981. Due to its Erfolg (success), the movie was not only the breakthrough for director Wolfgang Petersen, but also for most of its cast. Here are some…<\/p>\n
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