Werner is talking to Ullmann about his lover? What is the song playing quietly in the background while LT. from Javier in Spain ( answer Javier's question) Who is the woman singer of the song appearing 16 minutes and 16 seconds into the movie, and what is the name of the song? A woman sing a song in the back, while Stabsfeldwebel is showing to Leutnant Werner the officers room of U-96. from Dave Petersen in Eden Prairie, MN ( answer Dave Petersen's question) Was the playing of these particular marches on these occasions a Kriegsmarine tradition? "Muss I denn" (on the CD) was played as the U-boat was leaving the sub pen, and "Erzherzog Albrecht Marsch" (not on the CD) was played as it was arriving back and just before the air attack. ( thanks to Dave Petersen, Eden Prairie, MN) add more info What marching tune is playing on the ship's radio before the second in command tells the radio operator to shut it off? The same music can be heard when the officer is looking for the medical officer. ( from rick in morgan mn)Īs I recall, it was the opening fanfare for the German wartime radio program "Wunschkonzert fuer die Wehrmacht". He laid down on his cot to rest while listening to song. ( from mickey in Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.A.) What's the name of the song the captain played on the record player in his quarters? It was a female singer and she was singing in french. ( thanks to Marcel, Belgium) add more info It's called "J'attendrai" performed by Rina Ketty. Thank You! ( from fubar in San Francisco, CA USA) Title of the French song sang by a female vocalist? It was the favorite song of the captain of the U-boat.
J'attendrai - Rina Ketty (found on the CD " Etoiles de la Chanson")Īdd more missing songs to this list, or tell us in what scenes these songs are heard or where they can be found. It's a Long Way to Tipperary - Russian Army Chorus
Heut' stechen wir ins blaue Meer - unknown (The song is also known as 'Auf wiedersehen, mein Schaetzelein') Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on.
Music from the movie not on this soundtrack CD Check out Das Boot (Soundtrack zur TV Serie) by Matthias Weber on Amazon Music. Buchheim died in Bavaria in 2007.Click Das Boot soundtrack CD for more info from The MovieMusic Store. Lehmann-Willenbrock died in Bremen in 1986. Lehmann-Willenbrock and Buchheim both served as technical advisers for this film (although the volatile Buchheim fell out with director Wolfgang Petersen, who refused to let the author write the script based on his book). Far from being killed in an air attack (as depicted in the film), Lehmann-Willenbrock survived the war, and later served as captain on various German merchant cargo ships. After transferring to a new skipper, the U-96 was retired on 5 February 1943, one of the few U-boats to actually survive its tour of duty in the Atlantic. Lehmann-Willenbrock ranked seventh among U-Boat skippers in terms of shipping tonnage sunk (183,223 tons on three boats, the U-5, the U-96, and the U-256). Werner is based on Buchheim.) During the war, Capt.-Lt.
This tour became the basis of Buchheim's book. In late 1941, Buchheim, who was then a war correspondent in the German Navy's propaganda office, joined the crew of U-96 for one tour in the Battle of the Atlantic. Buchheim on which it's based, are both loosely adapted from the wartime career of the Type VIIC boat U-96, and its skipper, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. The film, as well as the book by Lothar G.