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Re: U-Boot Westwaerds
Posted by:
FUBAR
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Date: May 15, 2002 02:27AM
<HTML>Kosta,
A quick search on this site provided the following. Hope this helps.
FUBAR
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U-Boote Westwärts!, Günther Rittau
Ilse Werner, Herbert Wilk, Heinz Engelmann, Jochen Brennecke
1941, Germany, 96 min.
WWII, Feature
Summary
This feature follows a successful U-boat and its crew through shore leave adventures and an exciting mission.
Notes
Dönitz plays himself in this propaganda film intended to promote national policies and advertise the successes of the U-boat arm in these early months of World War II. A crucial moment occurs when, after capturing a Dutch vessel carrying contraband and ordering the Dutch crew into lifeboats preparatory to scuttling the merchantman, the U-boat is surprised by a British destroyer. The U-boat's commander is forced to torpedo the Dutch vessel although a party of U-boat men is still on board, illustrating the eternal wartime conflict between personal feelings and duty to country. With beautiful photography and martial music, this film provides not only an entertaining story, but a portrait of the U-boat arm as the most courageous and honorable branch of the armed services. The title is taken from Hashagen's memoir of U-boat warfare in World War I.
Available for rental from German Video</HTML>
A quick search on this site provided the following. Hope this helps.
FUBAR
***********************************************************
U-Boote Westwärts!, Günther Rittau
Ilse Werner, Herbert Wilk, Heinz Engelmann, Jochen Brennecke
1941, Germany, 96 min.
WWII, Feature
Summary
This feature follows a successful U-boat and its crew through shore leave adventures and an exciting mission.
Notes
Dönitz plays himself in this propaganda film intended to promote national policies and advertise the successes of the U-boat arm in these early months of World War II. A crucial moment occurs when, after capturing a Dutch vessel carrying contraband and ordering the Dutch crew into lifeboats preparatory to scuttling the merchantman, the U-boat is surprised by a British destroyer. The U-boat's commander is forced to torpedo the Dutch vessel although a party of U-boat men is still on board, illustrating the eternal wartime conflict between personal feelings and duty to country. With beautiful photography and martial music, this film provides not only an entertaining story, but a portrait of the U-boat arm as the most courageous and honorable branch of the armed services. The title is taken from Hashagen's memoir of U-boat warfare in World War I.
Available for rental from German Video</HTML>
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U-Boot Westwaerds
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Lawrence | 05/10/2002 01:26PM |
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Re: U-Boot Westwaerds
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kosta | 05/14/2002 06:51PM |
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Re: U-Boot Westwaerds
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FUBAR | 05/15/2002 02:27AM |