A film comedy which parodies the legendary, but deadly earnest 1981 submarine epic Das Boot has been released in Germany in the industry’s latest attempt to show that the Second World War is no longer off-limits as a subject for laughter.
U-900, by the German director Sven Unterwald, faithfully reproduces the menacing eeriness of Wolfgang Petersen’s original award-winning U-boat movie, down to the spooky film music and anguished submariners who bellow orders at each other while being depth-charged. But this time the U-boat is captained by a stand-up comedian who appears to be Germany’s answer to Ken Dodd. When he steps aboard U-900 he asks his grimfaced crew: "What are we supposed to do if we hit a whale, keep it as a pet or eat it?" The first mate wails: "Everything he says is complete drivel."
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