Indeed. The sweaty, palpable tension at the terror of being depth-charged is superbly portrayed.

Such are the consequences of war. The claustrophobic setting undoubtedly doesn’t help. The cramped, squalid conditions become tangible as a result of Jost Vacano’s cinematography. The camerawork imparts the sensation of an existence spent in almost incessant urgency. The panicked, febrile racings of men up and down the hallway is documented in long, shaky tracking shots; you can practically feel the anxiety, as though you were right on the U-Boat with them. Here, in the Atlantic Ocean, everyone exists on the brink of annihilation.
Das Boot (1981): Despair in the Deep
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Indeed. The sweaty, palpable tension at the terror of being depth-charged is superbly portrayed. The best submarine drama ever made, in my not remotely humble opinion, and one of the greatest war films of all time. :)
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