Production began in earnest in the Helgoland archipelago in the North Sea. As art director Götz Weidner explains in the French 2021 making-of documentary, Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story, the goal was to capture convincing shots of the U-Boat in stormy conditions without harming the larger replicas. Long shots of the crew on deck were accomplished with modified, radio-controlled dolls. An itty-bitty 1/12 (~6 foot) scale model was used for underwater scenes, and an even smaller model (at 1/24 scale) was used for the scenes at the Port of Vigo, Gibraltar, the attack on the convoy, and the burning tanker shots.

Film

Nessun dato in archivio