The human spirit again!

Das Boot (The Boat, German; 1981)
Written and Direction: Wolfgang Peterson

Yet again, another movie to highlight to us that the fighting spirit and the will to live of the human being. In this most expensive German movie at that time, the events surrounding the voyage of a German U-boat is depicted in a heart wrenching and suspenseful manner.
It narrates the joy of the crew starting the journey led by a relatively young crew of a captain, chief engineer and war correspondence journalist. They were initially mocked by the older crew who doubt their credibility. They soon discover that their journey is no pleasure cruise, fraud with mishaps and enemy attacks. They had an initial excitement as they shot down a war ship but surprisingly they could not stomach the idea they were actually killing people.
Their gung ho spirit soon dwindled as this lethargic crew is shoved around by the powers that be to go and there.
Once they were hit by the enemy ship and were stranded in the bottom of sea. With sheer willpower and determination, the crew managed to get the machine up and going again. Finally as they dock, the Allied plane came blasting killing almost everyone, save the journalist to tell the story!
A comical incident happened during one of their attack mission. The U-boat crew had badly wounded a battleship but it just to go down. They send a torpedo for the  coup de grace. Only then did they realise that they were men alive and jumping ship. The enemy navy men were burning as they jumped into the sea. Unfortunately, they could not take captives or help them even though they were yelling for help. They just left the scene as if feeling guilty, as if war is only about destroying properties but not killing people!
Man, over the centuries, after being fearful of the elements of nature, the sea, the winds, the quakes, the hurricanes, thought they had somehow conquered them. They thought human has somehow got the upper hand into controlling these forces of nature. Despite all the technologies available at our disposal, we are still getting things wrong. A small glitch and our plane goes nose down. A little technical breakdown there and our ships are stranded in nowhere land, far from detection and what more search, rescue or even salvage activities!
Our knowledge is still a drop in the ocean. Even before we learn all the secrets of the universe, we would probably kill each other off trying to control each other.