Das Boot is a 1981 West German film directed by Wolfgang Petersen, adapted from Lothar-Gunther Buchheim's semi-autobiographical novel and following the crew of a German U-boat, U-96, through a harrowing patrol during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. The film alternates between the tedium of long stretches without contact and the terror of Allied depth-charge attacks, aiming for a physically and psychologically realistic account of submarine warfare rather than a conventional heroic war narrative. Das Boot received six Academy Award nominations, an unusually high total for a non-English-language film at the time, and it is widely regarded as one of the most authentic war films ever made about submarine combat.
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Which Academy Award categories was Das Boot nominated in?
It was nominated in six categories: cinematography; directing; film editing; sound; sound effects editing; and adapted screenplay.
The Academy lists six nominations for Das Boot: cinematography for Jost Vacano, directing for Wolfgang Petersen, film editing for Hannes Nikel, sound for Milan Bor, Trevor Pyke and Mike Le-Mare, sound effects editing for Mike Le-Mare, and writing for a screenplay based on material from another medium, for Wolfgang Petersen.
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Das Boot is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen
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Das Boot received six Academy Award nominations, an unusually high total for a non-English-language film at the time, and it is widely regarded as one of the most authentic war films ever made about submarine combat.
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Das Boot (German pronunciation: [das ˈboːt]; lit. 'The Boat') is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann.
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Das Boot (German pronunciation: [das ˈboːt]; lit. 'The Boat') is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann.
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