Das Boot on UHD?

[Frank169]

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.

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.