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==Reception== ===Critical response=== The film received highly positive reviews upon its release. [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' scored the film at four out of four.<ref name="Ebert">{{cite web |work=Chicago Sun-Times |publisher=Sun-Times Media Group |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=1981 |title=Das Boot |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/das-boot-1997}}</ref> Prior to the 55th Academy Awards on 11 April 1983 the movie received six nominations: 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 (Screenplay based on material from another medium) for Wolfgang Petersen.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 55th Academy Awards – 1983 |date=5 October 2014 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983}}</ref> {{blockquote|"Das Boot" isn't just a German film about World War II; it's a German naval adventure epic that has already been a hit in West Germany.|source=Janet Maslin, ''The New York Times'', 10 February 1982<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE6DA103BF933A25751C0A964948260 |title=Movie Reviews |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 2020}}</ref>}} Today, the film is seen as [[List of films considered the best#Germany|one of the greatest German films]]. On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film received an [[approval rating]] of 98% based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 9.10/10. The critical consensus states "Taut, breathtakingly thrilling, and devastatingly intelligent, ''Das Boot'' is one of the greatest war films ever made."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/das_boot/?search=das%20boot |title=Das Boot |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref> The film also has a score of 86 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]] based on 15 critics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/das-boot |title=Das Boot |work=Metacritic |access-date=15 February 2016}}</ref> For its unsurpassed authenticity in tension and realism, it is regarded internationally as pre-eminent among all [[submarine films]]. The film was ranked #25 in ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema – 25. Das Boot |url=http://www.empireonline.com/features/100-greatest-world-cinema-films/default.asp?film=25 |work=Empire}}</ref> In late 2007, there was an exhibition about the film ''Das Boot'', as well as about the real U-boat ''U-96'', at the [[Haus der Geschichte]] (House of German History) in [[Bonn]]. Over 100,000 people visited during the exhibition’s four-month run. ;Buchheim's views of the film Though impressed by the technological accuracy of the film's set-design and port construction buildings, novelist [[Lothar-Günther Buchheim]] expressed disappointment with Petersen's adaptation in a film review<ref name="buchheim">{{cite magazine |last=Buchheim |first=Lothar-Günter |title=Kommentar – Die Wahrheit blieb auf Tauchstation |language=de |trans-title=Commentary: The truth remained hidden under the sea |magazine=[[GEO (magazine)|GEO]] |issue=10 |date=1981 |url=http://www.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~junghans/dasboot/inhalt.html}}</ref> published in 1981, describing Petersen's film as converting his clearly anti-war novel into a blend of a "cheap, shallow American action flick" and a "contemporary German propaganda newsreel from World War II".<ref name=Local>{{cite news |author=Jörg Luyken |url=https://www.thelocal.de/20180206/lg-buchheim-the-multi-talented-and-irascible-genius-behind-das-boot |title=LG Buchheim: the multi-talented and irascible genius behind Das Boot |newspaper=[[The Local]] |location=Germany |date=6 February 2018 }}</ref><ref name="buchheim" /> ===Accolades=== ''Das Boot'' kept the record for a German film with the most Academy Award nominations, until ''[[All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]'', which received nine nominations including Best Picture. {|class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Recipients ! Result |- | rowspan="6"| [[55th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1983">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-09|work=oscars.org}}</ref> | [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]] | rowspan="2"| [[Wolfgang Petersen]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] | [[Jost Vacano]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]] | [[Hannes Nikel]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]] | [[Milan Bor]], Trevor Pyke and Mike Le Mare | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Effects Editing]] | [[Mike Le Mare]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[Bavarian Film Awards]] | [[Bavarian Film Awards (Best Director)|Best Director]] | Wolfgang Petersen | {{won}} |- | [[Bavarian Film Awards (Best Cinematography)|Best Cinematography]] | Jost Vacano | {{won}} |- | [[36th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1983/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1983 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1983 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1983}}}}</ref> | [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Film Not in the English Language]] | rowspan="2"| Wolfgang Petersen | {{nom}} |- | [[35th Directors Guild of America Awards|Directors Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/Awards/History/1980s/1982.aspx?value=1982|title=35th DGA Awards |website=[[Directors Guild of America Awards]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> | [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures]] | {{nom}} |- | rowspan="4"| [[Goldene Kamera|Golden Camera Awards]] | colspan="2"| Jubilee | {{won}} |- | Directing {{small|(25th Anniversary Camera)}} | Wolfgang Petersen | {{won}} |- | Cinematography {{small|(25th Anniversary Camera)}} | Jost Vacano | {{won}} |- | Music {{small|(25th Anniversary Camera)}} | [[Klaus Doldinger]] | {{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| [[German Film Award]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/historie/ |title=History – German Film Award |publisher=[[German Film Award]] |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref> | Best Feature-Length Feature Film (Silver Award) | [[Bavaria Film]] | {{won}} |- | Best Sound/Mixing | Milan Bor {{small|(representing the entire sound team)}} | {{won}} |- | [[39th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/das-boot |title=Das Boot – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=June 3, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1982}}}}</ref> | colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Film]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]] | colspan="2"| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Foreign Language Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Foreign Feature – Sound Effects]] | {{won}} |- | colspan="3"| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]] | {{won}} |- | [[Japan Academy Film Prize]] | colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]] | {{nom}} |- | [[Mainichi Film Awards]] | Best Young Actor | [[Heinz Hoenig]] | {{won}} |- | [[National Board of Review Awards 1982|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1982/ |title=1982 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=August 13, 2021}}</ref> | colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Five Foreign Language Films|Top Foreign Films]] | {{draw|2nd Place}} |- | [[16th Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2011/ |title=2011 Satellite Awards |work=[[Satellite Awards]] |publisher=[[International Press Academy]] |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref> | [[Satellite Award for Best DVD Extras|Best DVD Extras]] | ''Das Boot: Two Disc Collector's Set'' | {{nom}} |- | [[Society of Operating Cameramen|Society of Camera Operators Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://socawards.com/past-soc-lifetime-achievement-awards/ |title=Past SOC Lifetime Achievement Awards |work=[[Satellite Awards]] |date=6 December 2014 |publisher=[[Society of Operating Cameramen]] |access-date=July 10, 2021}}</ref> | Historical Shot | Jost Vacano | {{won}} |}
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