The authentic Nazi submarine used in Raiders of the Lost Ark was rented from the production of what 1981 epic war film that tells the fictional story of the crew of U-boat U-96?
Raiders of the Lost Ark Principal photography began on June 23, 1980, at La Rochelle, France, with scenes involving the Nazi submarine, which had been rented from the production of "Das Boot". The U-boat pen was a real one from World War II. The crew moved to Elstree Studios for the Well of Souls scenes, the opening sequence temple interiors and Marion Ravenwood's bar. The Well of Souls scene required 7,000 snakes. The only venomous snakes were the cobras, but one crew member was bitten on set by a python. The bulk of the snakes' numbers were made up with giant but harmless legless lizards
German submarine U-96 (1940) 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but has the number "U-26", which in reality was a Type IA U-boat. "U-96" took part in eleven wolfpacks: "U-96" conducted eleven patrols, sinking 27 ships totalling and damaging four others totalling . She also caused one vessel of to be declared a total loss. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Sailing ship <nowiki>**</nowiki>Sunk the next day by with all hands lost. German submarine U-96 (1940) German submarine "U-96" was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 16 September 1939, by Germaniawerft, of Kiel as yard number 601.