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How does this compare to the movie?


Subject says it all.

/Mikkel

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It's 77 minutes better ;-)

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Well said. Is this the same as the Director's Cut version of the movie?

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No, it is 77 minutes longer than the director's cut. It gives more time for character development, and some "love" side plots at the beginning. It also shows more of the boredom that can occur on the U-boat. It makes the impact of the ending all the more powerful. I gave both the miniseries and the directors' cut a 10/10. Hope that helps!

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Thanks!

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The Mini series edition of the DVD blows the movie out of the water, quite literally. For the programme to be seen as Wolfgang Petersen intended is a triumph and has pride of place in my DVD collection.

Kudos to You,Herr Petersen!

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The mini series is the must watch. It could have been 10 hours long and it still would be brilliant. The best ever!!!

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You understand the situations and characters better, which I think it´s very good in this kind of story. It´s a richer portrait.

It has also lots of dirty jokes, but it again adds more realism, heheh...

In general, I´d say if you like the film, you´ll like the series, although all the "main" stuff is obviously in the film.

But let me tell you I´m sooo happy I finally got the series dvds and I think that from now on I´ll play the series instead when I want to see Das Boot... XD :)


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By the way, the English subtitles make more sense and seem more complete here than in the film version.

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Still, the translations are somewhat tame ;-). The original has a very colourful language in places (not only expletives, also regional accents and language).
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"I was born to speak all mirth and no matters."

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I first watched this film under the influence of a frightening amount of chemical amusement aids and the one thing that struck me at the time was how well this film delivered a feeling of claustraphobia. A dirty hemmed in feeling htat I have had after each time that I watch it.
Beyond hating what Naziism did and stood for you can still admire and feel for the young men who lived and died on these submersible steel tubes.
To me the mini series helped convey all these dreads better then the film.

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Totally ! If you know any German, the dubbed English loses a VAST amount of the meaning. Listen in German with English subtitles if you can. You'll see and hear where the rude jokes and general uncouth language were censored !

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The translation is into american english in this verson.

examples

'Wolfgang , i don't need the wrench i've checked the pressure already'

' Bad news guys our soccer team team has lost'


its our ships been sunk FFS i think we should have had and English translation! ;-)

'Work is the curse of the drinking classes' Oscar Wilde

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I gave the movie a 10, and the series got a 29... That`s basically all there is to say.

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the miniseries is the one to watch!! I've seen it before I saw the movie and the movie can not be compared to the series. the series is so much denser and so many important plot parts are left out in the movie. if you really want to watch it as it was meant, watch the series, I thought the movie was just a cut and paste of the action sequences of the series, and they are not what is important about das boot.

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Quite simply, it's better. It doesn't matter how many times everybody else writes it and how many times this obvious fact has been repeated. It's better. Spread the news to the world.

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The characters are fleshed out even more. It never lets up, and does not feel longer. The only way to go!

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Hrm doesn't seem to be available on netflix :-(

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I have seen the mini-series, director's cut and 1981 film version. In my opinion, the mini-series is the best version. The characters are better developed and I was glued to my seat. The director's cut did not achieve the same level of fascination. The 1981 film version is really great, but after seeing the mini-series, it pales in comparison.

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Great post I'm glad you've seen all and it's great that the series keeps the suspense. I've seen the directors cut and now I would love to see the series. Can anyone tell me if any nudity is in the series and not the directors cut? That crabs part sure was silly.

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uhm what? I'm sry' but male nudity is all you're gonna get in an(a?) U-boat 1940s-style! And only from behind;-)

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Gasivodo, read that st@p!d posters name, he is a f@g.. and seems to be only looking for a sausage fest

well, sorry you qu@@r, But the closest you get is a man in his skivvies dancing a hula with 2 balls on a string around his neck for a short take as we would do when crossing the equator though I do not recall what brought it on in this series (I did read though that the writer of the book, Mr. Buchheim, was outraged at this. It seems that the Germans did not blow off steam as we Americans did when crossing the equator or at the 1/2 point of a cruise). This is not your Politically Correct G@y Light P@rn Movie.

But that being said, I had only seen the Theatrical version since I first saw it in the early 80's and never new that there was a miniseries till I found it last week, I've been glued to it ever since and with the additional 2Hr 24Min added to all but 5 Min shy of doubling the length of the film and a hell of a lot more character development and little bit more of the feelings we had of weeks of humdrum and 3 hours of fast paced action you would find on a real Boat. I can honestly say I will never go back to the short version again. I even fear finding the English dubbed version as I read it is highly censored in the language and you lose the rightfulness of "Cursing like a Sailor" that I still speak since leaving the NAVY near 28 years ago.

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