Movies and Films
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Re: the smell of an oily rag
Posted by:
Dr. Hans-Werner Martin
()
Date: July 08, 2003 11:27AM
<HTML>Hi Cate,
that's right he says that they have a guest on board. But this "neutral", because a "guest" could also be real navy-officer on a special mission, a doctor or another scientist. Then der Alte tells that Werner is an PK-Mann and asks the crew to behave in an civilised way, because he will write articles about them, that's indeed a bit ironical towards the crew and Werner.
Just for your information, if you didn't already know the fact, cate, a u-boat-commander who made his instruction-patrol before he got his own boat was called "Konfirmand". All the other guests, which had no special function on board, especially the PK-Mann, were called "Badegäste" (that means: something like "sea-side summer-guests").
hwm
P.S.: I'm not quite sure, but if I remember well, this was not a scene in the book, it's only in the film. A salute to Holywood?!</HTML>
that's right he says that they have a guest on board. But this "neutral", because a "guest" could also be real navy-officer on a special mission, a doctor or another scientist. Then der Alte tells that Werner is an PK-Mann and asks the crew to behave in an civilised way, because he will write articles about them, that's indeed a bit ironical towards the crew and Werner.
Just for your information, if you didn't already know the fact, cate, a u-boat-commander who made his instruction-patrol before he got his own boat was called "Konfirmand". All the other guests, which had no special function on board, especially the PK-Mann, were called "Badegäste" (that means: something like "sea-side summer-guests").
hwm
P.S.: I'm not quite sure, but if I remember well, this was not a scene in the book, it's only in the film. A salute to Holywood?!</HTML>