absolutely love this.
i think a sign of the wonderful writing and plot-line of this is that it becomes largely irrelevant as to who is in the boat. instead of it being a typical 'war film' of Germans=Nazis=bad guy and allies=good guys, as you are drawn into and through the series, you sympathise only with the crew. it shows beautifully the way that although lines are clearly drawn in war, chances are those at the 'front line' are in exactly the same situation, whatever their allegiance.
given the abhorrent conditions they have to endure, the occupants are unsurprisingly less than deferent when they encounter the 'suits' who are in charge - notably when they receive their 'reception' and all the top brass are interested in promoting their gallant u-boat captains, but the crew are either disinterested to the point of irritation, or think 'great! a feed and a booze up' there is so much i could comment on about this, i just love it! p.s. this refers to the serial version - have only once seen the dubbed movie version and i didn't like it! much prefer to hear the original version with the actors' own voices delivered at the time and have to read subtitles, than listen to some bloke's approximation of it
i think a sign of the wonderful writing and plot-line of this is that it becomes largely irrelevant as to who is in the boat. instead of it being a typical 'war film' of Germans=Nazis=bad guy and allies=good guys, as you are drawn into and through the series, you sympathise only with the crew. it shows beautifully the way that although lines are clearly drawn in war, chances are those at the 'front line' are in exactly the same situation, whatever their allegiance.
given the abhorrent conditions they have to endure, the occupants are unsurprisingly less than deferent when they encounter the 'suits' who are in charge - notably when they receive their 'reception' and all the top brass are interested in promoting their gallant u-boat captains, but the crew are either disinterested to the point of irritation, or think 'great! a feed and a booze up' there is so much i could comment on about this, i just love it! p.s. this refers to the serial version - have only once seen the dubbed movie version and i didn't like it! much prefer to hear the original version with the actors' own voices delivered at the time and have to read subtitles, than listen to some bloke's approximation of it