A magnificent marine and gallery of portraits - if you think these two are not enough to make excellent movie - this faster you must rent "Das Boot". Great show - not only marines but all the scenes are like classic paintings. Also good drama - though, for me, not so much a thriller and not so much fear and horror in this film - i'd say the general tune is calm and saga-like. And the last - this is in itself quite a view upon the war and war-people: look on these Hitler's men - good guys and play fair play. All the soldiers on bouth sides are hostages of someone's else great turpitude. And brilliant Jurgen Prochnow as a commander of Natzi U-Boat - anyway he's worth seeing