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The ''Wurrfler'' was crewed by several Nazi naval officers and sailors, and also carried a complement of soldiers for its mission of recovering the Ark. |
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==Behind the Scenes== |
==Behind the Scenes== |
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Revision as of 22:06, 9 March 2009
The Wurrfler,[1] also known as U26,[2] was a Nazi U-boat that was used in the Mediterranean Sea.
History
In 1936, it took aboard Colonel Dietrich and René Belloq from the Nazi archaeological expedition at Tanis, and set after the Bantu Wind, which was carrying Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood, and the stolen Ark of the Covenant.
The next morning, the submarine caught up with the freighter, between Egypt and Sicily, and ordered them to stop. With the deck guns aimed at the suspect merchant ship, several launch boats were sent over from the submarine, carrying Dietrich, Belloq, and a large number of Nazi soldiers. The soldiers quickly rounded up the crew of the Bantu Wind and recovered the Ark of the Covenant, and found Marion Ravenwood. Belloq and Dietrich returned to the Wurrfler with their cargo and captive, and the ship's officers began to make preparations to get underway.
Unbeknownst to the U-boat's crew, Indiana Jones had swum aboard the ship, and climbed onto the conning tower. When the U-boat dived to head toward its destination, Jones lashed himself to the periscope with his whip, thankful that submarines traveled faster on the surface than deeper underwater.[3]
The submarine arrived at secret island base near Crete, and docked in the submarine pen hidden in a grotto. Jones snuck onto the dock, and hid behind some equipment before procuring a Nazi disguise. Meanwhile, Belloq and Dietrich came out with Ravenwood, and Captain Mohler announced that everything had been set up in accordance with Belloq's wishes for the opening of the Ark at the Tabernacle.
Crew
The Wurrfler was crewed by several Nazi naval officers and sailors, and also carried a complement of soldiers for its mission of recovering the Ark.
The captain of the U-Boat, seen setting the course on the navigational maps, was played by Michael Sheard.
Behind the Scenes
The exterior submarine model used in the filming of Raiders of the Lost Ark was borrowed from the production of the movie Das Boot. Filming the submarine shots occurred at La Rochelle, France.
Appearances
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (First appearance)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Raiders of the Lost Ark comic
- Raiders of the Lost Ark Storybook