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Re: " Das Boot"-actual footage of war
Posted by:
cate
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Date: June 05, 2003 04:12PM
<HTML>hello Michael
I'm not sure if i'm following you correctly, but it sounds to me like you are muddling up the appearance of the real U-96 captain Heinrich Lehmann Willenbrock, whose photograph is on the uboat.net commanders webpage, with the actor Martin Semmelrogge who played the II Watchoffizier in the movie - the only 'goofy' guy I can think of who tells the correspondent what is happening. They do perhaps look a little alike in some shots.
The 'producer' you refer to in the photograph from the set is in fact that real captain Willenbrock, forty years later when the movie Das Boot (not a documentary) was filmed. If you compare the two photographs you will see he is still recognisably the same man though many years older. The two men in uniform are the actors Jürgen Prochnow who played the fictionalised captain of the U-96, referred to as Der Alte and not given a name, and in the background Herbert Gronemeyer who played the correspondent, and who now 20 yrs after the film was made has gone on to be a successful pop musician.
As for the photograph, I don't think it is fair to call it fake as such - 'posed' maybe, though there is a lot of standing around waiting on film sets which might equally account for the shot:-)
if i have misunderstood your point I apologise, please tell me - it is very interesting always to find a new perspective on the film.
Regards
Cate</HTML>
I'm not sure if i'm following you correctly, but it sounds to me like you are muddling up the appearance of the real U-96 captain Heinrich Lehmann Willenbrock, whose photograph is on the uboat.net commanders webpage, with the actor Martin Semmelrogge who played the II Watchoffizier in the movie - the only 'goofy' guy I can think of who tells the correspondent what is happening. They do perhaps look a little alike in some shots.
The 'producer' you refer to in the photograph from the set is in fact that real captain Willenbrock, forty years later when the movie Das Boot (not a documentary) was filmed. If you compare the two photographs you will see he is still recognisably the same man though many years older. The two men in uniform are the actors Jürgen Prochnow who played the fictionalised captain of the U-96, referred to as Der Alte and not given a name, and in the background Herbert Gronemeyer who played the correspondent, and who now 20 yrs after the film was made has gone on to be a successful pop musician.
As for the photograph, I don't think it is fair to call it fake as such - 'posed' maybe, though there is a lot of standing around waiting on film sets which might equally account for the shot:-)
if i have misunderstood your point I apologise, please tell me - it is very interesting always to find a new perspective on the film.
Regards
Cate</HTML>
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" Das Boot"-actual footage of war
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Michael | 06/05/2003 03:01PM |
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Re: " Das Boot"-actual footage of war
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cate | 06/05/2003 04:12PM |
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Re: " Das Boot"-actual footage of war
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cate | 06/05/2003 04:26PM |
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Re: " Das Boot"-actual footage of war
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Michael | 06/06/2003 04:17AM |
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Re: " Das Boot"-actual footage of war
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cate | 06/06/2003 05:15AM |
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Re: " Das Boot"-actual footage of war
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ROBERT M. | 06/07/2003 01:08AM |
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a bridge to reality too far
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cate | 06/07/2003 08:33AM |
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Re: a bridge to reality too far
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ROBERT M. | 06/07/2003 02:05PM |