Synopsis

From Germany comes this masterful adventure epic illustrating the unremitting hardships German U-boat sailors underwent during World War II. DAS BOOT is a potent, universal anti-war statement showing crisp, hopeful and eager youth who turn into grizzled, stooped and old veterans fighting only to survive the horrors of war.

"A masterpiece. So exciting it is irresistible. It ranks with the great war films."
- Archer Winsten, NEW YORK POST

"**** Wolfgang Petersen’s direction is an exercise in pure craftsmanship."
- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

"The most convincing war movie ever made."
- Kenneth Turan, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES