--- product_id: 74955639 title: "Das Boot [Region 2 - Non USA Format] [UK Import]" price: "413 Lei" currency: RON in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.ro/products/74955639-das-boot-region-2-non-usa-format-uk-import store_origin: RO region: Romania --- # Das Boot [Region 2 - Non USA Format] [UK Import] **Price:** 413 Lei **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Das Boot [Region 2 - Non USA Format] [UK Import] - **How much does it cost?** 413 Lei with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ro](https://www.desertcart.ro/products/74955639-das-boot-region-2-non-usa-format-uk-import) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description At the height of WWII, a young submarine crew heads out to sea on a top-secret mission that all but ensures most will never make it home alive. Ordered to patrol the Atlantic and destroy an allied armada bringing supplies to Britain, these raw recruits must band together, bracing themselves against a depth-charge assault from an unseen enemy. Oscar - nominated director Wolfgang Petersens epic adventure deftly explores tension as pressure builds to an explosive climax, packing a visceral punch few movies can match. Review: One of the best submarine movies of all time!!! - Ah, Das Boot (the boat), I love this movie why, why, you ask? Let's begin at the beginning. Das Boot was a German film made by Bavaria Films released in America in February of 1982. It had a fourteen million dollar budget and was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The movie is based on the book written by Lothar-Gunther Bucheim who was a war correspondent during World War II. Lothar was attached to a u-boat crew and found out the hard way just what life was like in the boat. I gotta say Petersen did this movie right. From the sets to the models to the look of the actors it all looks like it came from WWII. The director's cut is a little longer than the original at 208 minutes. The commentary on the director's cut is from sixteen years after the original cut and is done primarily by Wolfgang Petersen (the director), Jurgen Prochnow (plays the u-boat captain) and Ortwin Freyermuth (the director's cut producer). The movie opens with some information about the u-boat fleet and the battle over control of the Atlantic that started fantastically for the Germans but now is changing in favor of the American and European forces. We switch to a murky green background and then you see the bow of the u-boat begin to appear slowly, you hear the sonar pinging in the background. We then move to the u-boat in the pens at La Rochelle France where the crew is assembled and awaiting their captain and thus begins one of the best submarine movies. The u-boat set in La Rochelle wasn't a set, it is an actual u-boat pen built in the late thirties/early forties when Germany occupied France (just another reason why this is one of the best u-boat movies) the walls are six meter thick concrete, one of the bays was also used in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Speaking of u-boats in the movie, one was a full size model built from original u-boat plans and was also used in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Other shots of the sub at sea were of an eleven meter miniature with a guy inside driving it, Petersen said the driver got rather seasick at times. Originally, Bavaria Films didn't feel they had the resources to make the movie right so they went to hollywood to get it made. Robert Redford and Paul Newman were both considered to play the u-boat captain but there were big arguments with Bucheim about how the story was being portrayed because hollywood wanted to put an American spin on it, it eventually was shot using a German cast and in German language with subtitles. Later after its popularity soared it was overdubbed in English (by the original actors) some years later. There was also a six hour miniseries version for television made. Basically the movie was shot mostly in the closed set of the sub with the camera following the actors through the sub to give you the claustrophobic feeling of forty eight people living in a metal tube that's twelve feet in diameter by three hundred feet long. No one was taking showers or washing clothes on a regular basis and you had the lovely smell of diesel fuel wafting through the boat thanks to the twin diesel engines that powered the boat on top of the water. It's not a documentary though, it's a drama. Bucheim wasn't impressed with Peterson's film interpretation of his book, he felt Peterson had overdramatized it saying he made an "action flick" out of it. At one point the boat comes across a convoy of ships and torpedos a couple, everybody is happy. At another point they are getting the hell depth charged out of them when one of the most experienced crew members Johann the engine room lead man freaks out and tries to leave the ship (while it's under water...). The real captain of the U-96 (the number of the U-boat in the movie) survived the war and was on the set of the movie during the making of to answer the casts questions. Jurgen was able to get a lot of tips about how he should play the part of captain. All in all I don't think you'll find a better movie that depicts life on a WWII submarine. The blu-ray version of this movie is crisp and clean, the director commentary is the only special feature on it except for subtitles and several language choices. If you want to experience the real thing for yourself, visit the U-505 on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry one of the worlds best (IF NOT THE BEST!!!) static displays of a WW2 u-boat. In the commentary Petersen refers to the 505 in "cheecago" (as he pronounced Chicago with his accent), he used it as a guide for making the interior sets of the movie, the U-505 is one of two remaining type IXC boats from that era left. The S&I museum in Chicago built a thirty five million dollar enclosure for the 505 that's a huge improvement from when it was outside. You can walk around the outside, see the torpedos and tour the inside of the boat and yes the tour guides (at least the one I had) have seen Das Boot. 1/6/2026, here's a little trivia for you. the movies director wolfgang peterson died in 2022 at age 81. siskel and ebert both liked this movie. a relative of mine who just turned 100 years old was a guest of the nazi regime during world war 2 in a german labor camp. movies like this and museum displays like the 505 are stark reminders of times gone by as the people who lived through that era slip away one by one, let us never forget the past. Review: Classic movie - must see - An intense and claustrophobic movie - one of my favorites. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in WWII or naval things. A classic movie! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00004CXLA | | Actors | Herbert Grönemeyer, Hubertus Bengsch, Jürgen Prochnow, Klaus Wennemann, Martin Semmelrogge | | Aspect Ratio | 1.85:1 | | Best Sellers Rank | #117,919 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #1,715 in Military & War (Movies & TV) #5,983 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV) #10,749 in Action & Adventure DVDs | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (8,502) | | Director | Wolfgang Petersen | | Dubbed: | English, French | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item model number | 5035822535831 | | Language | English (Dolby Digital 5.1) | | MPAA rating | Unrated (Not Rated) | | Media Format | Letterboxed, NTSC | | Number of discs | 1 | | Producers | Edward R. Pressman, Günter Rohrbach, John W. Hyde, Mark Damon, Michael Bittins | | Product Dimensions | 5.31 x 0.59 x 7.48 inches; 2.82 ounces | | Run time | 2 hours and 29 minutes | | Subtitles: | Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish | | Writers | Lothar G. Buchheim, Wolfgang Petersen | ## Product Details - **Format:** Letterboxed, NTSC - **Genre:** Action & Adventure - **Language:** German - **Runtime:** 2 hours and 29 minutes ## Images ![Das Boot [Region 2 - Non USA Format] [UK Import] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/912fXCBuA6L.jpg) ![Das Boot [Region 2 - Non USA Format] [UK Import] - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91ETz3BjOPL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the best submarine movies of all time!!! *by S***N on May 2, 2015* Ah, Das Boot (the boat), I love this movie why, why, you ask? Let's begin at the beginning. Das Boot was a German film made by Bavaria Films released in America in February of 1982. It had a fourteen million dollar budget and was directed by Wolfgang Petersen. The movie is based on the book written by Lothar-Gunther Bucheim who was a war correspondent during World War II. Lothar was attached to a u-boat crew and found out the hard way just what life was like in the boat. I gotta say Petersen did this movie right. From the sets to the models to the look of the actors it all looks like it came from WWII. The director's cut is a little longer than the original at 208 minutes. The commentary on the director's cut is from sixteen years after the original cut and is done primarily by Wolfgang Petersen (the director), Jurgen Prochnow (plays the u-boat captain) and Ortwin Freyermuth (the director's cut producer). The movie opens with some information about the u-boat fleet and the battle over control of the Atlantic that started fantastically for the Germans but now is changing in favor of the American and European forces. We switch to a murky green background and then you see the bow of the u-boat begin to appear slowly, you hear the sonar pinging in the background. We then move to the u-boat in the pens at La Rochelle France where the crew is assembled and awaiting their captain and thus begins one of the best submarine movies. The u-boat set in La Rochelle wasn't a set, it is an actual u-boat pen built in the late thirties/early forties when Germany occupied France (just another reason why this is one of the best u-boat movies) the walls are six meter thick concrete, one of the bays was also used in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Speaking of u-boats in the movie, one was a full size model built from original u-boat plans and was also used in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Other shots of the sub at sea were of an eleven meter miniature with a guy inside driving it, Petersen said the driver got rather seasick at times. Originally, Bavaria Films didn't feel they had the resources to make the movie right so they went to hollywood to get it made. Robert Redford and Paul Newman were both considered to play the u-boat captain but there were big arguments with Bucheim about how the story was being portrayed because hollywood wanted to put an American spin on it, it eventually was shot using a German cast and in German language with subtitles. Later after its popularity soared it was overdubbed in English (by the original actors) some years later. There was also a six hour miniseries version for television made. Basically the movie was shot mostly in the closed set of the sub with the camera following the actors through the sub to give you the claustrophobic feeling of forty eight people living in a metal tube that's twelve feet in diameter by three hundred feet long. No one was taking showers or washing clothes on a regular basis and you had the lovely smell of diesel fuel wafting through the boat thanks to the twin diesel engines that powered the boat on top of the water. It's not a documentary though, it's a drama. Bucheim wasn't impressed with Peterson's film interpretation of his book, he felt Peterson had overdramatized it saying he made an "action flick" out of it. At one point the boat comes across a convoy of ships and torpedos a couple, everybody is happy. At another point they are getting the hell depth charged out of them when one of the most experienced crew members Johann the engine room lead man freaks out and tries to leave the ship (while it's under water...). The real captain of the U-96 (the number of the U-boat in the movie) survived the war and was on the set of the movie during the making of to answer the casts questions. Jurgen was able to get a lot of tips about how he should play the part of captain. All in all I don't think you'll find a better movie that depicts life on a WWII submarine. The blu-ray version of this movie is crisp and clean, the director commentary is the only special feature on it except for subtitles and several language choices. If you want to experience the real thing for yourself, visit the U-505 on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry one of the worlds best (IF NOT THE BEST!!!) static displays of a WW2 u-boat. In the commentary Petersen refers to the 505 in "cheecago" (as he pronounced Chicago with his accent), he used it as a guide for making the interior sets of the movie, the U-505 is one of two remaining type IXC boats from that era left. The S&I museum in Chicago built a thirty five million dollar enclosure for the 505 that's a huge improvement from when it was outside. You can walk around the outside, see the torpedos and tour the inside of the boat and yes the tour guides (at least the one I had) have seen Das Boot. 1/6/2026, here's a little trivia for you. the movies director wolfgang peterson died in 2022 at age 81. siskel and ebert both liked this movie. a relative of mine who just turned 100 years old was a guest of the nazi regime during world war 2 in a german labor camp. movies like this and museum displays like the 505 are stark reminders of times gone by as the people who lived through that era slip away one by one, let us never forget the past. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic movie - must see *by N***P on March 27, 2026* An intense and claustrophobic movie - one of my favorites. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in WWII or naval things. A classic movie! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I really liked it *by A***R on March 17, 2026* Movie was great ## Frequently Bought Together - Das Boot (Director's Cut) [DVD] [1998] - Stalingrad [DVD] [1994] - Downfall (1 Disc Edition) [DVD] --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ro/products/74955639-das-boot-region-2-non-usa-format-uk-import](https://www.desertcart.ro/products/74955639-das-boot-region-2-non-usa-format-uk-import) --- *Product available on Desertcart Romania* *Store origin: RO* *Last updated: 2026-05-04*