![]() ![]() Hunting the U-Boats 1918 - US Comedy-Short directed by Bud Fisher.DeMille & Joseph Levering depicting ship of young American returning to ancestral French home torpedoed by German U-boat & witness to German brutality while imprisoned AKA A Pequena Americana, AKA La petite américaine The Little American 1917 - US Action-Drama directed by Cecil B.González, José Manuel Ramos & Fernando Sáyago depicting ship of Mexican diplomat on diplomatic mission to Europe torpedoed by German U-boat AKA Tepeyac El milagro del Tepeyac 1917 - Mexican Drama directed by Carlos E.Ireland depicting US pacifist supports war effort after submarine carrying his family is torpedoed by German U-boat The Slacker's Heart 1917 - US Drama directed by Frederick J.Reynolds depicting wealthy passengers aboard ocean liner sunk by German U-boat marooned on deserted isle AKA Back to the Primitive The Showdown 1917 - US Drama directed by Lynn F.Might and the Man 1917 - US Drama directed by Edward Dillon depicting.The Hero of Submarine D-2 1916 - US Drama directed by Paul Scardon depicting Naval Academy official reassigned as submarine commander discovers Ruanian (fictional for "German") plot to destroy US Navy fleet AKA Colton, U.S.N.King depicting engineer preparing new submarine for US government under approaching deadline encounters his worst nightmare A Devil at His Elbow 1916 - US Drama directed by Burton L.depicting pacifist German Count's construction of submarine with order to sink ocean liner Lusitania presumably also carrying enemy munitions AKA La cruz de la humanidad, AKA Civilização Civilization 1916 - US Allegorical-Drama directed by Reginald Barker, Thomas H.A Submarine Pirate 1915 - US Heist-Comedy-Short directed by Charles Avery & Syd Chaplin depicting waiter attempting to foil sea-heist of gold-filled cargo vessel by submarine AKA Submarine Stor'y, AKA Submarino Pirata.Sargent depicting prevention of US submarine from falling into enemy hands The Secret of the Submarine 1915 - US Action-Adventure silent serial directed by George L.Pimple's Dream of Victory 1915 - UK Comedy-Short silent directed by Fred Evans, Joe Evans depicting US sailor day-dreaming of submariner adventures. ![]() Other submarine films from the fantasy or science fiction film genres depict entirely fictitious events, such as the various film versions of Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. In some cases, these fictional submarine films may weave together some details from actual events. Other submarine movies develop a fictional plot created using submarine types and tactical or technological issues that are associated with these conflicts, such as the film U-571, which tells the story of a fictional U-boat in World War II. Some movies depict historical events from actual battles or incidents, such as Above Us the Waves, a 1955 film which depicts the true story of the British Royal Navy's midget submarines attacks on the Tirpitz. Many submarine movies are set in World War II or during the Cold War, with varying degrees of fictional elements. This is a list of movies, grouped by era, in which a submarine plays a significant role in the storyline. Several submarine films use occasional 'dark humor' as comic relief to the tension, in common with other war films. This sets this sub-genre apart from its parent genre of war films, which tend to focus more on battle scenes. While submarine films do use dramatic battle scenes, much of the tension in these movies tends to be created using other devices, such as conflict between officers, a threatened mutiny, damage to the boat, or life-threatening problems with the diving equipment or the engines/nuclear reactor. Modern (post-World War II) movies often add conflict between different enemies.Īlso a typical feature in all depicted eras is the sudden switch from hunter to hunted while stalking enemy ships or carrying deadly nuclear missiles, the submarine often becomes, within moments, the hunted victim of overwhelming attack, the crew fleeing for its collective life. A stock scene in the submarine genre film is the depiction of a grim-faced submarine crew waiting in silence as depth charges explode overhead and bolts fly out of bulkheads in the submarine (they are dead silent because sound carries extremely well underwater, and so even the sound of men talking on a submarine would be picked up by normal sonar on other ships). ![]() Films from this subgenre tend to feature dramatic scenes in which submarine-hunters try to destroy submarines with depth charges. To heighten this tension, these films often depict submarine commanders descending below " hull crush depth" to evade attackers. The danger from the extreme pressure of deep water dives and the claustrophobic, cramped submarine quarters imbues films of the subgenre with a great deal of dramatic tension. ![]()
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