Das Boot
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Das Boot
-- Authentic World War II picture of a German submarine's final cruise in the North Atlantic where U-boats were the terror of Allied convoys. Director Wolfgang Petersen emphasizes the claustrophobic conditions and dangers of sub duty with creative camerawork and first-rate performances, especially that of Jurgen Prochnow whose haggard face as the captain is likely to haunt the viewer for some time. For all its virtues as a war movie, the moral dilemma of serving one of the worst causes in history is treated only indirectly. Subtitles or dubbed. Sexual references and crude language abound in this all-male environment. (A-III) (R)
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1982
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Movies have been evaluated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic
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The classifications are as follows:
- A-I -- general patronage;
- A-II -- adults and adolescents;
- A-III -- adults;
- A-IV**
- L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
- O -- morally offensive.
** Discontinued classification. All archived movies that were originally in the A-IV category are now classified as L.