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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Started conversation Sep 12, 2014
Forget 'Das Boot'. This 1932 movie will blow you away. Especially if you speak German.
The plot: A German U-Boot crew is fighting in World War I. Their wives and sweethearts are nursing and keeping the home fires burning. All the music is either folktunes or hymns, and they all have meaning. There's some great footage of a vintage sub. Good action stuff, some humour, and a message that's hard to forget.
As the captain's wife says, it's not about winning or losing. Those men did their duty, but victory is no cause for celebration when people get killed. A submarine movie written by pacifists?
The self-sacrifice at the end is just...well, you'll have to see it to believe it.
Think about it: if the Nazis hadn't taken over UfA two years later, what films might they have made? This shows the promise that was cut short by totalitarianism.
Anyway, watch it for the sea action, if you prefer. I found it because I wondered what a 1915 submarine looked like.
http://archive.org/details/MorgenrotU-bootAufFeindfahrtImAtlantik
Freebie Film Tip: Surprisingly Good Submarine Movie
Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 13, 2014
Interesting! 
Will watch it later
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 13, 2014
Dang! My (hookmark) doesn't show up in Pliny! 
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Elektragheorgheni -Please read 'The Post' Posted Sep 13, 2014
Post in the Brunel skin, Pierce. You can't even edit things in Pliny.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 13, 2014
You mean I can go back and edit former posts in Brunel 
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Elektragheorgheni -Please read 'The Post' Posted Sep 13, 2014
No you cannot do that, I was refferring to content pages, that is entries not postings. Sorry I wasn't clear on that.
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Sep 13, 2014
Ah, okay, thanks for clearing that up 
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