This reminds me of when that German U-boat commander had to relive the events as a passenger of a civilain transport ship he sank.
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Re: German Titanic on tv or how Bebro wasted 3 hrs of his life
Originally posted by BeBro
The movie did not even try to show the wider circumstances of the situation along the Baltic cost in early 45, the Soviet advance, the helpless Germans attempts to stop it, or the mass flights of civilians from the area. The 'historic' part was limited to those hours from leaving Gotenhafen (today Gdynia in Poland) to the sinking later. Most of the time they focussed on silly personal stuff and some absurd and amateurishly done thrilleresque side plots, which gave the impression that the whole NS time was only because of some bad eggs. On the technical side they had some nice CGI stuff with the ship and the sub attack, but overall quite short and not sooo good that it could save the movie. The depiction of the sinking itself tried to recapture the look from 'Titanic', just that it wasn't nearly half as spectacular.
So it failed on both the entertainment and the history aspect. Overall it was just a big "WTF?"
*rant end
What makes it interesting is the whole context around it. While a few personal anecdotes are always pleasant, it's hugely disturbing when a documentary about some important event is revolving entirely around some dude or chick that lived it through.
Unless of course, it is about an important person in history"An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
"Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis." - Seneca
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