The 1981 film Das Boot became an unlikely hit because Wolfgang Petersen did a great job showing how claustrophobic life in a submarine, especially when it’s constantly under threat, can be. About ten ...

It’s 1942 and the war is no longer going well for the German “wolf-packs”—U-boats, tasked with sinking Allied supply ships. They’re vulnerable targets now thanks to the cracking of the Enigma code, ...

The American moviegoing public has never been especially enthusiastic about foreign-language films, but every now and then, a subtitled movie does cross over from the arthouse to the mainstream. The ...

The ocean was in many ways his natural habitat, as borne out by “Poseidon,” his proficient 2006 remake of “The Poseidon Adventure,” and especially “Das Boot,” the 1981 submarine-set nail biter that ...

The miniseries will focus on the German perspective of events and include experiences the French Resistance and Allied forces had during the war. The 1981 film “Das Boot” is getting a sequel in the ...

When Bavaria Fiction executive producer Moritz Polter looks out at the company’s backlot from his office window, he can see the original sets built for “Das Boot,” the classic 1981 movie set in the ...

Classic German drama Das Boot - the unrelentingly claustrophobic epic from Wolfgang Petersen - is to get a follow-up in the form of a television miniseries. If you haven't watched the film since its ...

France during World War II is the setting for the German TV series “Das Boot,” a sequel to the blockbuster 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film that was nominated for six Academy Awards. It’s now available on ...

22:18, Thu, Jun 18, 2020 Updated: 22:28, Thu, Jun 18, 2020 Das Boot airs every Thursday on Sky Atlantic. The series is a sequel to the Oscar-nominated 1981 film of the same name but who is in the cast ...