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Re: Der Alte's Character
Posted by:
Volker Erich Kummrow
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Date: July 18, 2007 12:31PM
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
on German TV again I saw the TV-series about DAS BOOT. As kind of an introduction of each part at the beginning a quiet and neutral male voice in the off explains basically: “ The tide has turned against the German U-boats. The commander, a former merchant officer, of the boat is none of H’s Hurrapatrioten but a settled and matter of fact character. He is thirty years old. The crew calls him “Der Alteâ€.
Probably this kind of portraying the skipper is what at least PETERSEN had in mind when directing PROCHNOW as he did in the movie/TV series to present to the audience a commander of a German U-boat in WWII when on patrol at the beginning of the nineteen forties.
You all have a nice day.
Sincerely Yours
VEK
on German TV again I saw the TV-series about DAS BOOT. As kind of an introduction of each part at the beginning a quiet and neutral male voice in the off explains basically: “ The tide has turned against the German U-boats. The commander, a former merchant officer, of the boat is none of H’s Hurrapatrioten but a settled and matter of fact character. He is thirty years old. The crew calls him “Der Alteâ€.
Probably this kind of portraying the skipper is what at least PETERSEN had in mind when directing PROCHNOW as he did in the movie/TV series to present to the audience a commander of a German U-boat in WWII when on patrol at the beginning of the nineteen forties.
You all have a nice day.
Sincerely Yours
VEK