The Enemy Below (1957)

[kingvitamin]

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[Irish_Dem]

1. One of my favorite WWII movies.

I am a WWII history buff.
And I am a sucker for any submarine movie.

Outstanding performances in this movie.

[kingvitamin]

2. Same here.

The casting of the two principal actors Mitchum, and Jurgens, works really well, and the story is compelling.

Another great film in the submarine/war genre is Run Silent, Run Deep with Clark Gable (1958).

[Irish_Dem]

3. Yes I love that one too.

I think I have seen every submarine movie ever made.

[rickford66]

5. Das Boot in the original Deutsch ?

There's a documentary somewhere showing how it was filmed. The set was a duplicate interior of a real full sized sub. The cameramen used hand held cameras in the cramped areas.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Das Boot is one I did not watch.

I don't like subtitles.
But maybe I should relent and watch it.

Wow that is pretty neat how they filmed it.

[rickford66]

7. A German friend brought me the video. No subtitles.

I took German in High School but it didn't help. You get the story without knowing German.

[Irish_Dem]

8. But I like all the submarine details.

And the whole submarine nuance and culture.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Did you watch Operation Petticoat and Down Periscope?

I don't usually watch comedies but since they were about submarines I had to watch them.

I liked them both so much I watched them twice which I rarely do.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes Mitchum and Jurgens did outstanding performances.

Yes great story, great everything.