(SPOILER WARNING) The bitter and cruel irony of the ending - surviving the sea to be killed in an air raid on a submarine pen - is one of the best endings to a war film I've ever seen. - Simon Dillon

…nveys with such grim, visceral honesty that one nation’s victory is only another’s crushing defeat. The ending in Das Boot would be typical of a triumphant Hollywood finale, yet here, it is a merciless epilogue. Throughout the film, the surface becomes emblematic of the men’s salvation. But as the captain’s U-…
Das Boot (1981): Despair in the Deep
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Simon Dillon
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Feb 3, 2024
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(SPOILER WARNING) The bitter and cruel irony of the ending - surviving the sea to be killed in an air raid on a submarine pen - is one of the best endings to a war film I've ever seen.
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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