Question 1

What poem provides the password for Captain Hardt in U-Boat 29?

Accepted Answer

The password Hardt uses is the opening line of Heinrich Heine's 1824 poem 'Die Lorelei,' about a woman luring sailors onto rocks.

Question 2

Which landmark partnership in British film began with U-Boat 29?

Accepted Answer

This was the first film to pair Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who went on to make over 20 films together.

Question 3

Why did U-Boat 29 close abruptly in cinemas in September 1939?

Accepted Answer

The film closed on 2 September 1939 when WWII was declared and the British government closed all cinemas due to the nationwide blackout.

Question 4

How did Emeric Pressburger change the original script of U-Boat 29?

Accepted Answer

Pressburger rewrote the script almost completely, keeping only the novel's basic outline, and changed the character Reverend Alexander Burnett to the schoolteacher Ann Burnett, giving Valerie Hobson a more substantial part.

Question 5

Which real U-29 submarine was sunk by HMS Dreadnought?

Accepted Answer

The real U-29 of the German Navy in WWI was sunk in the Pentland Firth in 1915 after being rammed by HMS Dreadnought.

U-Boat 29

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