defilmtv1-8, Exercise 3: Das Boot

Model answer:

Das Boot exists as a cinema film (1981, around two and a half hours), a longer director's cut released later, a multi-part television series from the mid-1980s with more of the material, and a new sequel series from 2018 onwards (check each).

For calling it anti-war: it shows men trapped and ill-served by their commanders, and its claustrophobic realism makes the experience of war frightening, not glorious; the film-makers are generally reported to have intended it this way (check).
Against: some critics ask whether a film that makes its soldiers sympathetic can avoid some sympathy for their cause.