Wolfgang petersen, a German, is not praised for his commercial works Air Force One (1997) and The Perfect Storm (2000) after being assimilated by Hollywood. It's a German film called Dasboot (1981). This thriller about submarine warfare during World War II won six nominations for the 1982 Academy Awards, and wolfgang petersen became the first person to be nominated for best director for a German film. This film completely conquered the global audience and set an almost insurmountable example for war movies.

During World War II, a U-shaped German submarine was ordered to attack the British fleet. When they returned from their mission, they encountered an unprecedented crisis. The attack from the bottom of the sea lasted for more than three hours, and almost every minute from beginning to end was consumed in the closed space of the German submarine. The German navy with a greasy face and stubble beard is the protagonist of the film. There are many ups and downs in its long space, and the potential crisis threatens the life safety of the officers and men on board at any time. This seemingly powerful and cold behemoth can't protect itself at all, and everything can only be resigned. There are few films that look at and reflect on the theme of World War II from the German perspective, but almost all of them have become masterpieces, from volker schoendorff's Tin Drum (1979) to Saab's Mephistopheles (198655). Attack from the bottom of the sea is not as sharp and obvious as the above two films, nor does it make moral judgments on the opposing sides in the film. It is only from the perspective of a group of ordinary German soldiers in World War II that it realistically and objectively describes this group of soldiers in the extraordinary period. They unconditionally carry out the orders of their superiors, stick to their posts conscientiously, never flinch even if disaster comes, and thoroughly study the operational plan against the "enemy" in order to save the ships that are about to collapse and the fruits of victory that are losing day by day. However, in the face of endless war, they gradually become numb, the boundary between the enemy and the enemy becomes blurred, and the desperate help of the creatures who fell into the water after being hit hard by them cannot touch their nerves. However, suffering and oppression that lingers on the edge of life and death for a long time, facing the difficulties of enemies, comrades-in-arms and helplessness, they gradually lose their rational judgment, feel depressed and depressed, and their behavior is out of control, tending to madness and hysteria. In the cruel war, they are more like a group of walking dead. Young people with distinctive personality and simple thoughts have completely died, replaced by a cold-blooded war machine. They have lost their enthusiasm, their thoughts, their present and their future, and they live in fear in an indifferent and precarious environment. When will they die and when will it end? No one can give them an answer. No one cares about time and space is no longer important. How will it all end? ..

Through Attack from the Seabed, wolfgang petersen re-examined the devastating disaster brought by war to all mankind from the perspective of human nature. Through detailed information, it is fully explained that the war not only brought immeasurable losses to the invaded country, but also Germany and its own people, who initiated the war, were in dire straits, and the soldiers who directly participated in the war became the funerary objects of crazy ambitions. They sacrificed not only their precious lives, but also their right and dignity to live. Their souls in heaven will never be satisfied!