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Originally Posted by LexInHD
When the Director's Cut - the version considered to be the definitive one - was made, it was something akin to an EE of LOTR, with added footage and improved digital VFX and audio to make it worthy of screening in a cinema and releasing on DVD.
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Director Wolfgang Petersen left
Das Boot pretty much untouched like Spielberg did with
1941 (i.e. no digital VFX) but improved the audio.
IMHO, the "definitive one" remains the mini-TV series which - much to my positive surprise - had been remastered and optimized for (German) Blu-ray release in 2015 (and has recently been reissued / repacked). However, the mini-series Blu-ray release is 'chaptered' in episodes the way it was broadcasted in the 1980's (i.e. no seamless branched version).
Regarding UHD potential I remain sceptical. All the photography was done in the real, claustrophobic and tight environment of a closed replica of a German submarine (visited the set repeatedly, it's more claustrophobic than the footage suggests!) limiting the size of cameras you could bring in.
What I try to say: I don't know if there's really that much more resolution you could get from the original negatives to justify a UHD treatment.