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Das Boot (also released as "The Boat", "The Boat [Das Boot]", and "U-boat 96"), the classic 1981 (released in the U.S. in 1982) Wolfgang Petersen (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this film) German World War II (WWII) military thriller ("When the hunters become the hunted"; "The other side of World War II"; "The most talked about movie in Germany is coming to America."; "The most talked about movie in Germany is now one of the most talked about movies in America"; "One of the most talked about films of the year is now in English"; "Hitler sent out 40,000 men aboard German U boats during World War II. Less than 10,000 returned. This is the story of 42 raw recruits caught up in a war they didn't understand, and the Captain who must lead them in their struggle to survive."; "On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they prayed to be survivors.";"The other side of World War II"; "Based on the Novel by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim"; "Written and Directed by Wolfgang Peterson"; set almost entirely in a claustrophobic submarine) starring Jurgen Prochnow, Herbert Gronemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig (billed as "Heinz Honig"), Uwe Ochsenknecht, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Jan Fedder, Ralf Richter (billed as "Ralph Richter"), Joachim Bernhard, Oliver Stritzel, Konrad Becker, Lutz Schnell, Martin Hemme, Gunter Lamprecht, and Otto Sander. Note that several years after the movie was released, the original footage was re-edited into three 100-minute sections and shown as a 3-part mini-series, and it was later shown as six 50-minute parts, and there was also a much longer director's cut released as well!
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Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been personally autographed (signed) by Jost Vacano (cinematographer). Also note that this is an advance one-sheet (note the "The most talked about movie in Germany is coming to America." at the bottom of the poster).

This poster comes from a remarkable collection of 81 one-sheets (and one reproduction), which we are currently auctioning in 82 separate auctions. Our consignor was a college professor for a number of years, who was a close friend of Ray Harryhausen, and who became friendly with many Hollywood directors, actors, and crew members. He had a collection of movie posters in the 1970s, and when he would have a chance to meet an actor, director, or crew member, he would find one-sheets in his collection from movies that person had worked on, and he would bring it to their meeting, and ask the person to sign (and on several occasions, he was able to get more than one signature on a single poster), and some of the people who signed wrote an inscription, sometimes personalized to our consignor. He has passed away, and he did not have a certificate of authenticity, but we are 100% certain all the signatures on his 81 one-sheets are authentic, because they were acquired in person by our consignor. This is a rare opportunity to obtain vintage one-sheets with authentic signatures!

UPDATED 06/09/2020: Note that we have identified the autograph as belonging to Oscar-nominated cinematographer Jost Vacano.

As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction.

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