History Trivia / DasBoot

* BreakthroughHit: For both Creator/WolfgangPetersen and [[Creator/JurgenProchnow Jürgen Prochnow]]. And - at least in German cinema - for most of the cast. They deliberately cast little known actors and virtually all of them have gone on to become household names. Hebert Grönemeyer (playing the role of the Reporter) however would become way more famous as a singer, than for his acting.

** Creator/StevenSpielberg borrowed their full scale, floating replica of a German U-Boat, for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.'' This happened in the middle of filming, leading to a bit of a panic when the German crew woke up one morning and found the prop to be missing.

* CreatorBacklash: Lothar-Günther Buchheim (the book's author )apparently hated the movie for being a 're-glorification' of submarine warfare and too pro-German and pro-war (unlike the ''clearly'' anti-war novel it was based on) [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and for the cast's constant overacting]]. This has led to a DeathOfTheAuthor reaction from many of the film's fans; when he claims that the movie "re-glorifies" the U-Boat Corps, the most common reactions are "How in the world is ''any of this'' [[WarIsHell supposed to be glorious]]?" - and "If the author considers ''this'' a glorification of WWII Era submarine warfare, how miserable must it have been in actuality?"

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title of the book is ''The Styx'', named after the Greek mythology's river to the Underworld. The film's title in France, however, was translated as ''Le Bateau'' at first (literal French for "Das Boot") then later [[UntranslatedTitle reverted to its original iconic title]].

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title of the book is ''The Styx'', named after the Greek mythology's river to the Underworld. The film's title in France, however, was translated as ''Le Bateau'' at first (literal French for "Das Boot") then later reverted to its original iconic title.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The French title of the book is ''The Styx'', named after the Greek mythology's river to the Underworld. The film's title in France, however, was translated as ''Le Bateau'' at first (literal French for "Das Boot") then reverted to its original iconic title.

* CreatorBacklash: The book's author apparently hated the movie for being a 're-glorification' of submarine warfare and too pro-German and pro-war (unlike the ''clearly'' anti-war novel it was based on) [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and for the cast's constant overacting]]. This has led to a DeathOfTheAuthor reaction from many of the film's fans; when he claims that the movie "re-glorifies" the U-Boat Corps, the most common reactions are "How in the world is ''any of this'' [[WarIsHell supposed to be glorious]]?" - and "If the author considers ''this'' a glorification of WWII Era submarine warfare, how miserable must it have been in actuality?"

* BreakthroughHit: For both Creator/WolfgangPetersen and [[Creator/JurgenProchnow Jürgen Prochnow]].

!!1981 Film

* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/WolfgangPetersen.

!!2018 Series

* SequelGap: The series is a sequel to the 1981 film and comes out 37 years after the latter.

* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/WolfgangPeterson.

* CreatorBacklash: The book's author apparently hates the movie for being a 're-glorification' of submarine warfare and too pro-German and pro-war (unlike the ''clearly'' anti-war novel it was based on). [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and for the cast's constant overacting]]. This has led to a DeathOfTheAuthor reaction from many of the film's fans; when he claims that the movie "re-glorifies" the U-Boat Corps, the most common reactions are "How in the world is ''any of this'' [[WarIsHell supposed to be glorious]]?" - and "If the author considers ''this'' a glorification of WWII Era submarine warfare, how miserable must it have been in actuality?"

* CreatorBacklash: The book's author apparently hates the movie for being a 're-glorification' of submarine warfare and too pro-German and pro-war (unlike the ''clearly'' anti-war novel it was based on). [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and for the cast's constant overacting]]. This has led to a DeathOfTheAuthor reaction from many of the film's fans; when he claims that the movie "re-glorifies" the U-Boat Corps, the most common reaction is "how in the world is ''any of this'' [[WarIsHell supposed to be glorious]]?" - and if the author considers this a glorification of WWII Era submarine warfare, how miserable must it have been in actuality?

** Creator/StevenSpielberg borrowed their full scale, floating replica of a German U-Boat, for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.'' This happened in the middle of filming.

** Steven Spielberg borrowed their full scale, floating replica of a German U-Boat, for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.'' This happened in the middle of filming.

* CreatorBacklash: The book's author apparently hates the movie for being a 're-glorification' of submarine warfare and too pro-German and pro-war (unlike the ''clearly'' anti-war novel it was based on). [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and for the cast's constant overacting]]. This has led to a DeathOfTheAuthor reaction from many of the film's fans; when he claims that the movie "re-glorifies" the u-boat corps, the most common reaction is "how in the world is ''any of this'' [[WarIsHell supposed to be glorious]]?" - and if the author considers this a glorification of WWII Era submarine warfare, how miserable must it have been in actuality?

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Rico]] gets mocked for having a fiancee.

* ThrowItIn: A fairly literal example. During one scene of the storm, the actor who played Pilgrim was swept off his feet by the rushing water and nearly thrown off the set. Bernd Tauber (Kriechbaum) realized he was suddenly missing and, with the cameras still rolling, helped him back to the hatch. Wolfgang Petersen did not realize it was an accident and initially wanted to do another take of this unscripted moment. The actor was actually injured and had to be partially rewritten so that Pilgrim spends a period of the cruise in bed.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[ThePenguinsofMadagascar Rico]] gets mocked for having a fiancee.

** Steven Spielberg borrowed their full scale, floating replica of a German U-Boat, for ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk.''

* In the middle of filming, the sailing shell of the U-96 used and the La Rochele U-boat pen were rented for several days' filming by the production crew of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* In the middle of filming, the sailing shell of the U-96 used and the La Rochele U-boat pen were rented for several days' filming by the production crew of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* PropRecycling: The original set of the U-96 was later reused as the World War I submarine U-20 for ''Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic''.

* In the middle of filming, the sailing shell of the U-96 used and the La Rochele U-boat pen were rented for several days' filming by the production crew of ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* In the middle of filming, the sailing shell of the U-96 used and the La Rochele U-boat pen were rented for several days' filming off the French coast by the production crew of ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''.