tler for putting them in the position that he did. The battles in the Atlantic were portrayed as one dominated by the British and their allies. It seemed like the U-Boats really were not very powerful in battle. They did more diving when faced with a battle. It showed them sink a few British ships, but they got fired at much more than they fired at the Destroyers. The way the Captain spoke, the U-Boats were not doing particularly well in their campaign in the Atlantic. Life in the U-Boats could be described in one word: cramped. The crew was put in close quarters with each other. Men had to sleep very close to each other. When the officers were eating with each other, there often was someone who had to walk through and one of the officers had to get up and let them through. The men tried to keep morale up in the U-Boat. They would joke around a lot about women and other things that would not be fit for women or children to hear. Some of the men became close friends from their experiences with each other. There was always that fear that the next bomb might be the one that kills all of them.The main difference between this version of the film and the one that you can rent at the video store is that this one has more scenes in it. It is the Director’s Cut and has roughly thirty more minutes in it. The story is still the same, but the one that we watched has additional scenes than the one that can be rented at the video store.I really enjoyed this film. When I saw how long it was, I was not very excited to watch it. But during the film, I did not even realize how much time had passed. It was the type of film that the viewer can get involved in and actually begin to care about the characters. I thought that it was ironic that I was actually hoping for the crew of the U-Boat to make it safely home. For some reason, I grew fond of the men in the boat. Even though I know that they were fighting on the wrong side, this...
