If you dont want to pay to watch it, turn the quality up to 720 and go on full screen. The sub surfaces on a night with a bright full moon in order to torpedo an. The voices in track 3 and 9 are taken from the film james bond the spy who loved me german version. Fun fact about beerfest, in the scene where the germans are spying on the americans, theres a line spoken by jurgen prochnow after he yells at his sons. A bomb directly struck the deck of u505 killing two crew members and causing considerable damage to the. A german submarine hunts allied ships during the second world war. In the autumn of 1941, a young war correspondent is assigned to accompany german submarine u96 on a patrol through the atlantic. A german submarine is haunting allied ships during the second world war. In the course of the war, not a single crew member died in combat on the u96.
Spot for the model kit collection uboot 96 by hachette. Feb 10, 1982 the captain of the u boat is played by jurgen prochnow, a remarkable actor who has also worked with mr. Over 100,000 people visited the exhibition during its fourmonth run. From a german perspective, only 10 uboats were more successful than the u96. Lehmannwillenbrock was relieved in march 1942 by oberleutnant. The real captain of u 96, heinrich lehmannwillenbrock, joined the navy in 1931 and served as navigator of the naval tender weser from 1933 to 1935. The tvseries is set 9 months after the original movie and include two storylines. After 11 patrols, it became a training vessel, and it survived until it was destroyed by american bombs in march 1945. As the new lieutenant werner discovers the life at sea, he discovers the harsh reality of the u boat crews life, to be constantly watching and avoiding enemy ships from above wa. Despite surviving with serviceable damage, an outbreak of crabs and a threeweek atlantic storm test the limits of the occupants of u96. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however. A bomb directly struck the deck of u 505 killing two crew members and causing considerable damage to the. An inexperienced uboat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young german woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the french resistance in the wwii drama.
In november 1942 u 505 on her fourth patrol sunk a british ship off the coast of venezuela. German submarine u96 was a type viic uboat of nazi germanys kriegsmarine during world war ii. It is 1942 and the german submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called battle of the atlantic to harass and destroy english shipping. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a tv miniseries 1985, in several different home video versions of various. The enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration.
In the autumn of 1941, a young war correspondent is assigned to accompany german submarine u 96 on a patrol through the atlantic. The captain of the uboat is played by jurgen prochnow, a remarkable actor who has also worked with mr. Shop vinyl and cds and complete your u 96 collection. It followed the exploits of u 96, a german submarine, based out of st. No english version unless you purchase the movie on bluraynothing personal, but blueray sucks lemons.
Prochnows sad, solemn face rarely changes, but his pale. The real captain of u96, heinrich lehmannwillenbrock, joined the navy in 1931 and served as navigator of the naval tender weser from 1933 to 1935. She was commissioned on 14 september 1940, with kapitanleutnant heinrich lehmannwillenbrock in command. With tom wlaschiha, thierry fremont, fleur geffrier, rick okon. The harbor scenes were shot in world war ii era german submarine bunkers. Jul 02, 2015 yet, in many ways, the film closely follows the u 96 s seventh patrol oct. With jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, klaus wennemann, hubertus bengsch. In the course of the war, not a single crew member died in combat on the u 96. The captains gamble against the destroyer fails and exposes the crew to the horrors of depth charges. This is perhaps the best war movie ever made, capturing as it does both the excitement, the adventure and the.
He never liked the man, who joined the crew of u96 in the autumn of 1941 to take photographs of the uboat in action. Nazaire, france, on the harrowing experience of u boat patrol. In november 1942 u505 on her fourth patrol sunk a british ship off the coast of venezuela. I actually thought it was going to be a scene out of this movie. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Check out our new extensive section on all the allied warships during wwii in all theatres of the war. From a german perspective, only 10 u boats were more successful than the u 96. Her keel was laid down on 16 september 1939, by germaniawerft, of kiel as yard number 601. It followed the exploits of u96, a german submarine, based out of st.
The submarine which inspired the movie uboat 96, and the. In 1991, it was covered by alex christensen and his dance music project u 96. Wanted it on a dvd disc, and ran into more problems than the movie cost me. This is perhaps the best war movie ever made, capturing as it does both the excitement, the adventure and the glory of war.
The submarine which inspired the movie uboat 96, and. As the new lieutenant werner discovers the life at sea, he discovers the harsh reality of the uboat crews life, to be constantly watching and avoiding enemy ships from above waters when they are severely. Yet, in many ways, the film closely follows the u96s seventh patrol oct. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits. Sink argentinas carrier 1982 the secret british falklands war mission duration. Nazaire, france, on the harrowing experience of uboat patrol. An album of the same name was also number one in the german charts. Spot for the model kit collection u boot 96 by hachette. Based on the 1973 novel by lothargunther buchheim, this movie depicts the story of the german u96 submarine or uboat crew during wwii. While it has been a very long time since i have seen this movie, it is one of the.
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