Das Wiegenlied der Verdammten (1971)

Das Wiegenlied der Verdammten: Directed by Peter Yates. With Peter O’Toole, Siân Phillips, Philippe Noiret, Horst Janson. A lone survivor from a British naval ship is obsessed with getting revenge on a German U-boat crew that massacred his shipmates in the water.

“Crusty Irish Seaman (ooooh that just sounds wrong!) Peter Ou0026#39;Toole swears vengeance upon the nasty German U-boat that sank his ship. Not only that, but the heartless Huns machine-gunned Ou0026#39;Toole and the rest of the survivors as they bobbed helplessly in the ocean. So, like the deranged captain Ahab in Moby Dick, he devotes his considerable energies to tracking down that submarine and sinking it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI saw this on TV back in the early eighties. Now, as an adult I see the resemblance to Moby Dick and I enjoy this movie even more. Anyone who likes Peter Ou0026#39;Toole should see Murphyu0026#39;s War. The location shooting is beautiful. The flying sequences are breathtaking. And the downbeat anti-war ending is awesome.”