...enough nerve-wracking suspense to make your heart pound against your chest like depth charges rupturing a submarine's hull.

Das Boot's actors look like they have lived through every sneak attack and painful claustrophobic moment in this film.

This is the finest submarine movie ever made. Although director Wolfgang Petersen emphasizes the claustrophobia of undersea life, his above-surface scenes are powerful as well.

The outcome, no matter how you look at it, confirms that it's futile to return to war but that it's also impossible to escape it. [Full review in Spanish]