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The cast of the critically acclaimed *Das Boot* were not allowed to see sunshine during the entire year the movie was filmed. This was done in order to maintain their unhealthy pallor and contributed to their realistic portrayal of a "journey into madness".
While filming 'Das Boot', an actor fell overboard and broke a few ribs. Someone shouted, "Man overboard!" The director didn’t realize it was an accident and yelled, "Good idea, Jan." He still kept the scene and rewrote the actor’s part so his character spent the rest of the movie in bed.
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The producers of the movie Das Boot used a life size mock-up of a U-Boat for the exterior shots. One morning the crew woke up to find it missing, only to later learn that a certain filmmaker named Steven Spielberg had rented it for his movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and no one had told them
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During WWII, the Germans managed to sneak 62 U-boats through the British-controlled Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean, as depicted in "Das Boot". No U-boat ever made it back out into the Atlantic.
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The U-boat mockup used to film Das Boot went missing during production; it was rented by Steven Spielberg to film Raiders of the Lost Ark without the crew's knowledge
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In the movie "Beerfest", the actor who plays the evil Baron Wolfgang von Wolfhausen was also the captain in the the 1981 submarine film "Das Boot."
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Das Boot" or Beer Boots have been around since the 1800's, originating in England. Spreading to the United States after American GI's in WWI grew popularity by sending them home as war trophies.
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The guy who directed the critically acclaimed movie Das Boot is the same person who directed the movie Air Force One.
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The submarine (U-boat) base seen in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) is the same one used in DAS BOOT (1981)
