What attracted me from the beginning of "From the Bottom of the Sea" was not its WWII and submarine themes, but its astonishing length. The director's cut is 5 hours long, and the theatrical version is 3 hours and 37 minutes. As a West German movie in 1981, it is really admirable to be able to achieve this level of special effects and this market. Of course, the films about World War II are not all about the Allied forces beating the Germans and Nazis, but "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea" shows the cruelty of World War II in the u-96 submarine from the perspective of the Germans. In fact, the film does not present a lot of pictures of fighting, guns, torpedoes and killing the enemy like a game. This is destined to be not a simple template of war. Cool film, 3 hours and 37 minutes A lot of what is shown here is the life inside the submarine and the mentality and emotions of the crew. The German soldiers did not fight hard for the Führer Hitler as imagined, but wanted to finish the torpedo as soon as possible and go home as soon as possible. After being double-teamed by two destroyers and bombed by multiple depth charges, they survived and successfully destroyed four cargo ships and one destroyer. After going to Italy for repairs, they received an order from Berlin to let them pass through the Strait of Gibraltar under the eyes of the United Kingdom. In a crazy decision, after being targeted by aircraft and bombarded by destroyers, the submarine sank to the seabed 280 meters. After 15 hours of repairs, the submarine survived and managed to escape (the people inside almost choked to death). Finally returned to the German port. When the general welcomed the submarine warriors, he was grateful for their death. However, the British plane came and blew up the harbor (like Pearl Harbor). Half of the people in the submarine died. The submarine escaped in various ways, but finally sank in his own port, and the captain fainted. The whole film is over. The storytelling and the anti-war spirit and filming from the German perspective are also eye-catching if one considers the time in 1981. The film is said to be based on a diary written by a man on the submarine.
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