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"Our patrol planes! Where are they? Answer that one, Herr Göring! The British have plenty of them! Talking big is all hes good for, that fat slob."
Das Boot[during the storm] The sea cannot claim us, Henrich. No ship is as sea — Das Boot
"[during the storm] The sea cannot claim us, Henrich. No ship is as seaworthy as ours."
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Das Boot 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. An adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's 1973 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, the film is set during World War II and follows the German submarine U-96 and her crew, as they set out on a hazardous patro
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"[looking at a log of messages from other U-Boats] Our recent triumphs: "Dived to evade enemy aircraft; Lost contact." "Dived to evade destroyer; Depth charged." The British have stopped making mistakes."
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"[After an alarm is sounded and an emergency dive is executed] April fool. Practice makes perfect."
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"[referring to officers going to a cathouse the night before shipping out] Scared fuckers. They need sex like the infantry needs alcohol."
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"[to Werner, while they stand on the bridge, sailing through rough seas] Theres nothing more beautiful than a submarine...and a sailboat! There are no better lines than those of a sailboat. I sailed on a three-masted schooner once. Gorgeous ship! It had holds the size of a cathedral! [he and Werner laugh]"
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"[escaping from the British] They havent spotted us! Theyre all snoring in their bunks! Or you know what? Theyre drinking in the bar! Celebrating our sinking! Not yet, my friends. Not yet!"
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