The film "Das Boot" is more translated as "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea", the masterpiece of German director Wolfgang Petersen, which is an absolute classic blockbuster in the theme of World War II naval warfare, which can be called the textbook of submarine warfare and survival. The film tells the story of the perverse and absurd war fate of a submarine codenamed U-96, which was ordered to go to the North Atlantic waters to search for and destroy British merchant ships after the first heavy damage to a German Navy submarine in 1941: it was the 65th day when it was ready to return. Severely damaged and about to run out of fuel, he was ordered to cross the Strait of Gibraltar to perform a new mission... Even if he was unfortunately hit by an Allied destroyer and sank on the bottom of the sea, he survived the disaster, but was sunk by an Allied warplane during the celebration of returning home. In the Dockyard of La Rochelle in German-occupied France…. The film has won five Oscar nominations, including Best Director, and a BAFTA nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Although the film is nearly 300 minutes long, and the lines are in incomprehensible German, it does not feel boring and verbose for the audience at all. The director used a large number of long shots and fast scene transitions, making the narrow space of the submarine break through the limits of the film's performance; the film's rhythm control and mastery were perfect, which not only took into account the logic and timing of the plot, but also kept the audience in a comparison. The high level of tension and anticipation, and in the key battle plot parts, well released the film's foreshadowing in the early stage, allowing the audience to experience the feeling of "heart in the throat". Even after watching "U571" (2000) and "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), the classic submarine works of ten and twenty years later, you will not feel that this 1981 production is at all. There is no lag in the level and technology. What is commendable is that the film reflects the director's objective and advanced view of war and history. The submarine returned to Hong Kong after all the hardships but was sunk. The submarine fighters did not die in the deep-sea submarine, but fell under the bomb of the bomber. Great irony, but also implied the inevitability of the German defeat in World War II. Although Wolfgang Petersen is an unfamiliar name, many of his works after this film are well-known films: "Air Force One", "Troy", "Poseidon" and so on. The theme music of the movie is very familiar, and it is often used as background music in various radio and television commentary programs.
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