Movies and Films
It really happened. „Kein Boot war noch so tief," as they kept saying. Chief Engineer Fritz Grade, and all the men working under him, saved the boat and the lives of her crew; Captain Lehmann-Willenbrock kept morale high by refusing to appear anything but calm and confident. Of course the real-life ending to the story is far better (if less dramatic) than the fictional denouement; the boat returned to its home port, there was no air raid, and to this day some of those men are alive to tell the story.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story the other day about great moments in film. To me, one of the greatest is the little scene when the LI staggers into the O-Messe to tell the Kaleun (who appears to have finally given up hope) that the boat is going to attempt to surface in ten minutes. Those guys can/could sure act! (Klaus Wennemann, who played the LI, is no longer with us.) Those faces! It's a quiet, understated scene, but immensely powerful.
Truth is stranger than fiction, eh?
Regards,
Meg
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Das Boot Question
Posted by:
Meg Rosenfeld
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Date: July 22, 2004 03:11PM
It really happened. „Kein Boot war noch so tief," as they kept saying. Chief Engineer Fritz Grade, and all the men working under him, saved the boat and the lives of her crew; Captain Lehmann-Willenbrock kept morale high by refusing to appear anything but calm and confident. Of course the real-life ending to the story is far better (if less dramatic) than the fictional denouement; the boat returned to its home port, there was no air raid, and to this day some of those men are alive to tell the story.
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a story the other day about great moments in film. To me, one of the greatest is the little scene when the LI staggers into the O-Messe to tell the Kaleun (who appears to have finally given up hope) that the boat is going to attempt to surface in ten minutes. Those guys can/could sure act! (Klaus Wennemann, who played the LI, is no longer with us.) Those faces! It's a quiet, understated scene, but immensely powerful.
Truth is stranger than fiction, eh?
Regards,
Meg