Movies and Films
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Das Boot Film mistakes, comments?
Posted by:
Jimbo
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Date: December 05, 2002 01:54AM
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First I would like to say that this movie is one of my top 10 all time favorites for the WWII genre.
I noticed a couple of things in the movie that may have been mistakes. First, there are several crew members that are cleanly shaven throughout the movie. Given that the fresh water supply aboard a uboat was very limited, crew members did not shave (could not waste the water) so grew facial hair during the patrol. I understand some people simply do not grow facial hair, but this is rare -- and its not only just one crewman, but a couple!
Second -- during one scene when the boat was being depth charged, it showed bolts shooting out in different directions from the bulkhead. Uboats didn't use bolts here for the seams, it was welded!
I know these are small things, but I'm a fan for historical accuracy and noticed these two things. Anyone else notice these possible mistakes?
Regards,
Jimbo</HTML>
First I would like to say that this movie is one of my top 10 all time favorites for the WWII genre.
I noticed a couple of things in the movie that may have been mistakes. First, there are several crew members that are cleanly shaven throughout the movie. Given that the fresh water supply aboard a uboat was very limited, crew members did not shave (could not waste the water) so grew facial hair during the patrol. I understand some people simply do not grow facial hair, but this is rare -- and its not only just one crewman, but a couple!
Second -- during one scene when the boat was being depth charged, it showed bolts shooting out in different directions from the bulkhead. Uboats didn't use bolts here for the seams, it was welded!
I know these are small things, but I'm a fan for historical accuracy and noticed these two things. Anyone else notice these possible mistakes?
Regards,
Jimbo</HTML>