'DAS BOOT' TV SERIES
WHEN BOYS BECAME MEN
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| Das Boot hits Sky this November |
Your treat for this Saturday are new photos and the first trailer for World War II German TV series
DAS BOOT which will hit
Sky One (in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, UK, Ireland, Italy) November 23rd and will later also air on
Hulu in Northern America,
AMC in Spain and Portugal and
Epix and
Viasat in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe! The series, which explores the emotional torment of life during World War Two, cost $33 million to make and is inspired by
Lothar Günther Buchheim’s best selling novel which was
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| Das Boot series will also air on Hulu in Northern America |
previously made into an Oscar nominated movie by
Wolfgang Petersen! Tom Wlaschiha, Vicky Krieps, Lizzy Caplan,
Vincent Kartheiser, James
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| These Uboat submarines were active from the first till the last day of the war |
D’Arcy, Thierry Frémont, August Wittgenstein, Rainer Bock,
Rick Okon, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober, Franz Dinda and Stefan Konarske, are just of the names in the international cast!
DAS BOOT TV SERIES
starts in the fall of 1942 in occupied
France. Nazi submarine U-612 is ready for its maiden voyage, preparing
to head into the increasingly brutal warfare with its young crewmen,
including the new commander, Klaus Hoffmann
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| German submariners had the lowest survival rate of any branch of service
of any country during World War Two. Of the some 40,000 men who served
on U-boats, 33,000 were killed. |
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Rick Okon). As the 40 young
men take on their first mission, they struggle with the cramped and
claustrophobic conditions of life underwater. Meanwhile, at the port of
La Rochelle, the world of Simone Strasser spirals out
of control as she
is engulfed in a dangerous liaison and forbidden love, torn between her
loyalty for Germany and the French Resistance, and causing her to
question everything.
"Das Boot"(U-boat,submarine)is an authentic WW2 movie based on an autobiographical novel, and as such, highly captivating.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me that our PM has been questioned recently in a corruption investigation surrounding the purchase for the Navy of submarines from a german shipbuilder.(PM was not a suspect, some of his confidants were). Anyway, the investigation brought about great public interest in submarines in general, and crew adjustment both in regular times and war times, in particular.
wow, you've got submarines! I don't think we do, but I've never looked into it. We don't have any sea, but we might have some river submarines if there even is such a thing :) Do kids still have to go through two years of army in Israel, both girls and boys?
DeleteYes, we do. We have had two major naval tragedies of submarines which got sunk with the crews: 'Dakar' and 'Eilat'.
ReplyDeleteYes, both men and women are required to serve in the army.
serving army was obligatory here too, but just for men, until about ten years ago, but our army barracks and conditions in them were horrible, literally like in real war or even worse.
DeleteI am truly worried about this series it is a daunting project to tackle. However, even if this series is an abomination at least it will spur an interest in the original film, the original miniseries, and Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s bestselling and highly acclaimed claustrophobic novel.
ReplyDeletewe shall keep our fingers crossed, but you know that nothing is done today as good as it was in the old days, sadly, at least when it comes to depth and storytelling.
DeleteNot too sure this series is needed, great movie, horrific ending, wonderful music!
ReplyDeleteit is a chance for Sky Germany to do a project of their own and market it internationally, which is good as we get some other perspective other then the Hollywood one. Rai's Medici and French Versailles proved to be much better shows than most of US and UK ones.
DeleteI see they've added an entirely new subplot about the woman soldier/spy in order to bring some gender balance to what is otherwise an intensely male story. Probably a good thing! I loved the original movie and hope I get to see the TV series sometime.
ReplyDeleteyou can see it on Hulu over there!
DeleteUnfortunately, I don't subscribe to Hulu and won't be any time soon.
DeleteOMG but you are missing on Harlots! Some of them Harlots are lezzies, Debs! You'd love it.
DeleteWe don't subscribe to Hulu either, but this series may be what gets Jason to sign up. You know this is the type of series that keeps him glued to the tv and out of my hair.
ReplyDeletecould be a Christmas present for him :)
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