{"id":490139,"date":"2022-09-03T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T13:00:49","slug":"how-they-shot-das-boot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/","title":{"rendered":"#How They Shot Das Boot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a381d11d21a5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a381d11d21a5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/#%E2%80%9CHow_They_Shot_Das_Boot%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How They Shot Das Boot&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/#Das_Boots_submarine\" >Das Boot\u2019s submarine<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/#Howd_they_do_that\" >How\u2019d they do that?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/#Long_story_short\" >Long story short:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/#Long_story_long\" >Long story long:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-das-boot\/#The_precedent_for_Das_Boot\" >The precedent for Das Boot<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_They_Shot_Das_Boot%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How They Shot Das Boot&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<pre><code>     &lt;span class=\"mx-1\"&gt;\u201cMildew is good for you. It\u2019s the next best thing to fresh lettuce. Be thankful for what grows down here.\u201d&lt;\/span&gt;\n&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=\"\"&gt;\n\n\n\n                &lt;figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> \"&gt;\n            &lt;img width=\"800\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-flooding-submarine.jpg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"Das Boot Flooding Submarine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-flooding-submarine.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-flooding-submarine-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/&gt;                                    &lt;p&gt;\n                    &lt;span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\"&gt;Triumph Films&lt;\/span&gt;\n\n                        &lt;\/figure&gt;\n\n    &lt;!-- START BYLINE --&gt;\n    &lt;div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\"&gt;\n        By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on September 3rd, 2022 \n        &lt;\/div&gt;\n    &lt;!-- END BYLINE --&gt;\n\n    &lt;em&gt;Welcome to How\u2019d They Do That? \u2014 a monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. This entry explains how the filmmakers behind 1981\u2019s \u2018Das Boot\u2019 created the impression of a working submarine.&lt;\/em&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Many anti-war films feel like horror <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>. With nary a reanimated corpse or vengeful spirit to be found, some of the most harrowing, butt-clenching cinematic frights come courtesy of anti-war films. Case and point: <em><strong>Das Boot<\/strong><\/em>. Directed by the late <strong>Wolfgang Petersen<\/strong> and originally released in the fall of 1981, <em>Das Boot<\/em> follows the German submarine <em>U-96<\/em> and its crew of inexperienced mariners as they fight in a war whose victory is very nearly decided. As in Lothar-G\u00fcnther Buchheim\u2019s 1973 German novel of the same name, these men are not cartoonish, mustache-twirling Nazis but ordinary, humanized twenty-somethings caught in the gears of a war machine that could care less if they died at sea.<\/p>\n<p>While a lengthy, expensive, and troubled production frequently threatened to tank <em>Das Boot<\/em>, the film\u2019s commercial and critical success abroad saved what was a potentially sinking ship. <i>Das Boot <\/i>was nominated for six Academy Awards, the current record for any German-made film. Partially green-lit and financed as a miniseries, <em>Das Boot<\/em> also easily (if unfairly) lays claim to the title of \u201cgreatest made-for-tv-movie\u201d of all time. Comprised of a cast of unknowns \u2014 including welders, students, and auto mechanics sourced from across Germany \u2014 <em>Das Boot<\/em> attempts, as best it can, to obliterate any of naval warfare\u2019s propagandistic glamor. <em>U-96<\/em>\u2019s crew oscillates from agonizing boredom to abject terror; from overindulgence to gut rot. They spend their days sweating and festering in a steel trap, fearful of the uncaring pang from the radar system signaling another ship has found them.<\/p>\n<p><em>Das Boot<\/em>\u2019s strength is in its nuance. We spend hours with these men (nearly five hours, to be exact, if you\u2019re watching the 2004 \u201cOriginal Uncut Version,\u201d which you should be). And in knowing more about <em>U-96<\/em>\u2018s crew, we can\u2019t help but feel compassion for what they\u2019re going through. Crucially, a driving force in selling the audience on this empathy-charged specificity is the true star of the film: the titular boat.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372189\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-man-in-hallway.jpg\" alt=\"Das Boot Man In Hallway\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-man-in-hallway.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-man-in-hallway-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Triumph Films<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Das_Boots_submarine\"><\/span>Das Boot\u2019s submarine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>U-96<\/em> is a tomb; a rusting tin can that rarely has its fleshy cargo\u2019s best interests at heart. She groans, splits, careens, and topples. And somehow, the crew is forced to make a home amidst her innards; to sleep like sardines between piping, potatoes, and pressure gauges.<\/p>\n<p><em>Das Boot\u00a0<\/em>isn\u2019t a single-location film in the true sense. But we\u2019re willing to overlook land-locked bookends for the sake of argument. The creaking vessel is one of the scariest things that\u2019s ever been depicted on-screen. And a big part of that terror has to do with the filmmakers\u2019 ability to make the <em>U-96<\/em> feel like a credible vessel. So what? Did they just go out into the sea in a working submarine and shoot the damn thing for real?<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Howd_they_do_that\"><\/span>How\u2019d they do that?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_short\"><\/span>Long story short:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>By spending the vast majority of the film\u2019s ridiculous budget on building several U-Boat replicas, one of which was mounted on a giant hydraulic seesaw.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_long\"><\/span>Long story long:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A number of elements had to come together to create the illusion of a seaworthy German U-Boat, including a veritable fleet of miniatures for exterior shots. Both Hans-Joachim Krug (the first officer on <em>U-219<\/em>)\u00a0and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (the real-life captain of the historical <em>U-96<\/em>) served as historical consultants. The sole-surviving <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msichicago.org\/press\/press-releases\/u-505-submarine\/\">IX-C U-boat<\/a> at Chicago\u2019s Museum of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> and Industry was also an indispensable resource.<\/p>\n<p>Before the screenplay was even finished, two steel replicas of a Type VIIC boat had already been built in the large wooden hall of Munich\u2019s Bavaria Studios. Together, the 70-meter internal and external re-creations cost 2.5 million Deutschmark (~5.5 million USD today). When <em>Das Boot<\/em>\u2019s production was shelved (by, among other things, a failed attempt to put an American director at the helm), the replicas were left to rust and decay on the studio lot.<\/p>\n<p>Production began in earnest in the Helgoland archipelago in the North Sea. As art director <strong>G\u00f6tz Weidner<\/strong> explains in the French 2021 making-of documentary, <strong><em>Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story<\/em><\/strong>, the goal was to capture convincing shots of the U-Boat in stormy conditions without harming the larger replicas. Long shots of the crew on deck were accomplished with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Saturnax1\/status\/1554558834508791810?s=20&amp;t=tsyNn4qYMxaZ4gZxISrxZA\">modified, radio-controlled dolls<\/a>. An itty-bitty 1\/12 (~6 foot) scale model was used for underwater scenes, and an even smaller model (at 1\/24 scale) was used for the scenes at the Port of Vigo, Gibraltar, the attack on the convoy, and the burning tanker shots.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372191\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/74YATIUF.jpg\" alt=\"Das Boot underwater\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/74YATIUF.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/74YATIUF-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Triumph Films<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372192\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7KCCTFQV.jpg\" alt=\"Das boot miniature\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7KCCTFQV.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7KCCTFQV-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Triumph Films<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Then, there was the manned model. Nearly every day for over a month, <strong>Ludwig Huppmann<\/strong> was stuffed inside an 11-meter model submarine. The crew actively sought out rough conditions to simulate open-water storms (\u201cwhen the fishermen came in to seek shelter, we headed out to film,\u201d recalls <strong>Jan-Michael Brandt<\/strong>, the film\u2019s production assistant). While Huppmann steered the vessel (and flushed his vomit down the bilge pump), the mini-submarine was tugged along by a 300-meter tow line, which made Huppman feel like \u201ca stone in a can being shaken.\u201d On at least one occasion, the tow line snagged the ocean floor, plunging the stuntman beneath the surface. \u201cLudwig, you\u2019ve got the most expensive coffin!\u201d Huppmann recalls being told.<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of production, when the filmmakers had relocated to France to shoot at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/nazi-uboat-pens\">the abandoned Nazi marina<\/a> at La Rochelle, a planned open water shoot with a replica went belly up for a number of reasons. First, they had to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cinesfx.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/histoires-de-sous-marins-sub-marines.html\">re-capture the replica from Steven Spielberg<\/a>, who rented the vessel right from under their noses to film <em>Raiders of the Lost Arc. <\/em>Then, the supposedly seaworthy U-Boat began to take on water during the shoot. Finally, the vessel broke apart at its moorage later that night. A month-long delay in production and 2 million DEM later, the salvaged replica was cobbled together into the beaten-down monstrosity that rolls into La Rochelle right before the bombs begin to fall. Luckily for the filmmakers, the boat was <em>supposed\u00a0<\/em>to look like it\u2019d been chewed up and spat out by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>For interior shots of the submarine, the production used a full-scale steel replica in the largest studio space in continental Europe. The vessel was mounted on top of an enormous platform, which used a hydraulic gimbal to mimic the jostling movements of the sea. As <strong>Jan Fedder<\/strong>, who plays Pilgrim, recalls in <em>Das Boot: Revisited<\/em>, at one point during the shoot, the boat tipped up completely on its end. \u201cJ\u00fcrgen flew into the edge \u2026 If it had fallen, we\u2019d have been crushed by 80 tonnes of steel. We\u2019d have been dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372194\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-sound-design.jpg\" alt=\"Das Boot Sound Design\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-sound-design.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-sound-design-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Triumph Films<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><em>Das Boot<\/em>\u2019s sound department wasn\u2019t so much a baseball team as a whole dang league \u2014 especially when you take the remastered audio for the Director\u2019s Cut into account. And really, it can be argued that the film\u2019s biggest magic trick is an auditory one. (We need to look no further than indie darling <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/epxyvk\/iron-lung-is-a-terrifying-horror-game-about-your-inevitable-demise\"><em>Iron Lung<\/em><\/a> to see how far submarine soundscapes can go in creating genuine terror out of mere implication). As <strong>Mel Kutbay<\/strong>, one of <em>Das Boot<\/em>\u2019s foley artists, explains in the 2021 documentary: the horrifying, crushing sound of the submarine plunging deeper and deeper into the ocean to avoid detection was created by pressing a sack of baking powder down on a large tub. It\u2019s good to know that the source of the scariest thing I\u2019ve ever heard is also in my pantry.<\/p>\n<p><em>Das Boot<\/em>\u2019s claustrophobic interior shots owe much of their power to the work of cinematographer and chronic Paul Verhoeven collaborator <strong>Jost Vacano<\/strong>. As Vacano explains in <em>Das Boot Revisited<\/em>, his creative goals were restrictive in nature: \u201cthe camera has to be squeezed into a tight space. And be limited in space, just like the people who are in there. The camera is not allowed to leave that space at any point. It must physically stay there.\u201d Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/fun\/170971-wolfgang-petersen-on-das-boot\"><em>CraveOnline<\/em><\/a>, Petersen explains: \u201cwe thought, in the beginning, we might kill ourselves after a few weeks because it\u2019s just such a small place [but] because we shot in sequence, the actors got more and more really into it, into their part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the most remarkable shots in the film is a breathless uncut sprint from one end of the U-Boat to the other. \u201cOne of my earliest thoughts was that I wanted one take from the back to the front,\u201d recalls the veteran DP. Vacano\u2019s breakneck hand-held sprint allows the filmmakers to show their work; to highlight the veracity of their sets, devoid of cut-away walls and false ceilings.<\/p>\n<p>Vacano shot primarily on a handheld 35mm camera that he co-designed with ARRI. Their creation was slimmer than a Steadicam and outfitted with gyroscopes for stability, which also made on-set sound recording impossible. Because remote follow-focus hadn\u2019t been invented yet and having a focus puller run alongside the DP in such close quarters was out of the question, the corridor tracking shot initially stumped Vacano. The DP describes his solution in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/19688881\">his 2011 acceptance speech to the Society of Camera Operators<\/a>: \u201cI realized after three\/four weeks of shooting inside of that submarine that I got physically so used to the surroundings \u2026 I could almost close my eyes and run through the ship because my body would know where to go. And that was finally the solution for this shot \u2026 I just grabbed the camera and started running.\u201d\u00a0 Get the camera and run. What? Like it\u2019s hard? \u201cAnd try to survive,\u201d Vacano adds, helpfully.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-372190\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-fire.jpg\" alt=\"Das Boot Fire\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-fire.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-fire-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Triumph Films<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Vacano\u2019s less showy work is also an integral part of selling the veracity of the <em>U-96<\/em>. If you watch the five-hour \u201cOriginal Uncut Version\u201d (which, again, you should), you\u2019ll be treated to scenes of the crew chewing fat (and moldy bread) and languishing in their stinky glorified tin can. These slower, less frantic scenes make <em>U-96<\/em> feel like a real place. And so, later, when Vacano flies down the corridor at a million miles an hour, all the boat\u2019s nooks and crannies carry that much more meaning as the vessel decays and recontextualizes over the film\u2019s runtime. Everything on this hunk of junk serves a purpose, both functionally and emotionally (looking at you, Erwin Leder, a.k.a. the guy who wants to marry the U-boat engine).<\/p>\n<p>The filmmakers further sold the illusion of the mariners being at sea by dumping untold amounts of water on the actors. In the scene where the crew manually daisy-chain buckets of seawater out of the submarine, there was no hidden drainage system waiting in the wings when Petersen called \u201ccut.\u201d They really needed to take all that water out themselves. Storm scenes where the actors were on deck were especially grueling, with one actor (either Bernd Tauber or Jan Fedder, depending on who you ask) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.focus.de\/kultur\/kino_tv\/wiedersehen-unter-veteranen-das-boot_id_2000568.html\">breaking two ribs<\/a> during the \u201coverboard\u201d scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-372193\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-overboard.jpg\" alt=\"Das Boot Overboard\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-overboard.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Das-Boot-overboard-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Triumph Films<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><code>            &lt;\/figure&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In order to further sell their nautical purgatory, the actors in <em>Das Boot <\/em>were discouraged from being in the sun and instructed to grow their beards out. All the foodstuffs in the submarine, which dangle abundantly in the film\u2019s opening moments, were real and began to rot over the course of production. \u201cDisgusting but very authentic,\u201d recalls <strong>Claude-Oliver Rudolph<\/strong>, who plays the burly mechanic Ario, in the 2021 documentary. Prop master <strong>Peter D\u00fcrst<\/strong> even recalls pouring heaps of cologne into the increasingly foul water in a last-ditch attempt to improve the working conditions. Supposedly it helped.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_precedent_for_Das_Boot\"><\/span>The precedent for Das Boot<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While <em>Das Boot<\/em> absolutely represents a benchmark in cinematic submarines, it is far from the first attempt at bringing the steel behemoths to the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>A great number of submarine films were released before World War II, including 1915\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:A_Submarine_Pirate_1915_SYDNEY_CHAPLIN_HAROLD_LLOYD_Charles_Avery.webm\"><em><strong>A Submarine Pirate<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, a heist-comedy starring Charlie Chaplin\u2019s half-brother and an uncredited Harold Lloyd. The film is one of the earliest of its kind, featuring both interior sets and exterior shots on an honest-to-god seagoing vessel. At roughly the 20-minute mark, <em>A Submarine Pirate<\/em> even includes a moving set, which oscillates clunkily to simulate the rock of the sea. The film\u2019s final hectic moments include various shots of the infiltrated vessel taking on water, which blasts out of various holes with a ferocity surely familiar to the <em>Das Boot<\/em> cast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_372195\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372195\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-372195\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Submarine-PIrate.png\" alt=\"A Submarine Pirate\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Submarine-PIrate.png 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Submarine-PIrate-768x584.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Triangle Distributing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-372195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Submarine Pirate (1915)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_372196\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"has-credit-line\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372196\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-372196\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Damned-tracking-shot.png\" alt=\"The Damned Tracking Shot\" width=\"800\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Damned-tracking-shot.png 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/The-Damned-tracking-shot-768x584.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">DisCina International<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-372196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Damned (1947)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>The Damned<\/strong><\/em> is another noteworthy ancestor. Like <em>Das Boot<\/em>, Ren\u00e9 Cl\u00e9ment\u2019s 1947 drama takes place in the dwindling hours of World War II. The film sees us aboard a submarine that has been commandeered by wealthy Nazis and French sympathizers who plan to get out of dodge before Berlin burns. A French doctor (Henri Vidal) is kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed to attend to a sick woman with various love interests aboard the vessel. As the war comes to a close and U-boats are ordered to surrender, the madmen in charge of the renegade ship refuse to admit defeat, forcing their passengers to remain aboard.<\/p>\n<p>Cl\u00e9ment\u2019s film is an exceptional and early depiction of the interior of a wartime submarine. The film is also notable for its tracking shots which, as with <em>Das Boot<\/em>, traverse the length of the U-boat in a fashion remarkably similar to Jost Vacano (albeit with decidedly more temperance).<\/p>\n<p>What ultimately sets\u00a0<em>Das Boot\u00a0<\/em>apart from its peers is a matter of intent (fuelled, it must be said, by the $18.5 million budget \u2014 the biggest in German history at the time). Petersen and company were ruthlessly, arguably even masochistically, committed to being as authentic as possible; to convey the literal and psychological pressures these particular men were under. Like most feats of movie magic, <em>Das Boot<\/em>\u2018s submarine is the culmination of many hands, minds, and pocketbooks. And the result is one of the most terrifying movie monsters ever made.<\/p>\n<pre><code>    Related Topics: Das Boot, How'd They Do That?\n    &lt;!-- AUTHOR BOX --&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. 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