If it were an american sub, we would assume the film ends in victory, identify with the crew. Il est adapt dun livre du mme nom intitul le styx e. With jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, klaus wennemann, hubertus bengsch. Based on an autobiographical novel by german world war ii photographer lotharguenther buchheim, the film follows the lives of a fearless uboat captain jurgen prochnow and his inexperienced crew as they patrol the atlantic and mediterranean in search of allied vessels, taking turns as hunter and prey.
A 240tonne replica of a german uboat is being moved to a french harbour ahead of filming for a major new second world war drama series. Hitler announces that german uboats sank 11 british merchant ships and one destroyer. It is about the desperate, dangerous and exacting job of manning a submarine. There are no moments of filler on this soundtrack, made longer by the fact that it now accompanies petersons directors cut issued in 1998. It depicts both the excitement of battle and the tedium of the. With better escorts of the destroyer class, however, german uboats have begun to take heavy losses. This technoversion was u96s debut single from the album of the same name.
The characteristic lead melody of the soundtrack, composed and produced by klaus doldinger, took on a life of its own after german rave group u96 created a remixed techno version in 1991. The submarine pens the sub sets out from, and site of. The fact that the setting is a war is, amazingly and interestingly, only incidental to its points. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Ennio morricone once upon a time in the west sergio leone film duration. A brilliant film, beautiful theme music and one of the saddest endings ever. The name of the group u96 is a reference to the film. This is no doubt a metaphorical stab at the fact that the nazi overlords essentially sent literal boatloads of uboat men into the meat grinder.
In a way we can focus on that better because it is a german submarine. The voices in track 3 and 9 are taken from the film james bond the spy who loved me german version. The boat is a 1981 west german war film written and directed by wolfgang petersen, produced by gunter rohrbach, and starring jurgen prochnow, herbert gronemeyer, and klaus wennemann. Learn how to play u96 songs for xylophone, bass, orchestra hit, brass section, effects, drums and ensemble online.
Set in world war ii, from the perspective of german uboat submarine sailors, this film keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The film is the story of a single patrol of one world war ii uboat, u96, and its crew. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and as a tv miniseries 1985, in several different home video versions of various running times, and. Shipping was fast but the music tracks were not in the same order as they are in the film. German uboat real star of new second world war drama. The song sung by the female performer in the bar at the beginning of the film was mon gars performed by rita cadillac. In 1991, it was covered by alex christensen and his dance music project u 96. In many ways, submarines are the perfect film setting the bulk of the action can take place in a couple of small crowded rooms, yet the knowledge that everything youre seeing is happening deep below the surface of the ocean is enough to make audiences clammy with claustrophobia. This techno version was u96s debut single from the album of the same name.
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