But more impressive, I think, is how the movie works as a German movie about Germans in a war where the Germans were painted as evil. The action scenes, the sense of doom, the eerie quiet and then explosive depth charges, the grime and the crowded conditions, all of this is palpable. Das Boot (1981) Widely considered the most impressive submarine movie ever made, I'll go so far as to say it's easily the most accurate that I've seen.
