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The Enemy Below (1957) (Original Post) kingvitamin May 2024 OP
One of my favorite WWII movies. Irish_Dem May 2024 #1
Same here. kingvitamin May 2024 #2
Yes I love that one too. Irish_Dem May 2024 #3
Das Boot in the original Deutsch ? rickford66 May 2024 #5
Das Boot is one I did not watch. Irish_Dem May 2024 #6
A German friend brought me the video. No subtitles. rickford66 May 2024 #7
But I like all the submarine details. Irish_Dem May 2024 #8
Did you watch Operation Petticoat and Down Periscope? Irish_Dem May 2024 #9
Yes Mitchum and Jurgens did outstanding performances. Irish_Dem May 2024 #4

Irish_Dem

(57,351 posts)
1. One of my favorite WWII movies.
Tue May 14, 2024, 05:29 AM
May 2024

I am a WWII history buff.
And I am a sucker for any submarine movie.

Outstanding performances in this movie.

kingvitamin

(107 posts)
2. Same here.
Tue May 14, 2024, 07:26 AM
May 2024

The casting of the two principal actors Mitchum, and Jurgens, works really well, and the story is compelling.

Another great film in the submarine/war genre is Run Silent, Run Deep with Clark Gable (1958).

rickford66

(5,664 posts)
5. Das Boot in the original Deutsch ?
Tue May 14, 2024, 03:15 PM
May 2024

There's a documentary somewhere showing how it was filmed. The set was a duplicate interior of a real full sized sub. The cameramen used hand held cameras in the cramped areas.

Irish_Dem

(57,351 posts)
6. Das Boot is one I did not watch.
Tue May 14, 2024, 03:21 PM
May 2024

I don't like subtitles.
But maybe I should relent and watch it.

Wow that is pretty neat how they filmed it.

rickford66

(5,664 posts)
7. A German friend brought me the video. No subtitles.
Tue May 14, 2024, 03:32 PM
May 2024

I took German in High School but it didn't help. You get the story without knowing German.

Irish_Dem

(57,351 posts)
9. Did you watch Operation Petticoat and Down Periscope?
Tue May 14, 2024, 03:42 PM
May 2024

I don't usually watch comedies but since they were about submarines I had to watch them.

I liked them both so much I watched them twice which I rarely do.

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