Das Boot
“When boys become men in a war that can't be won.”
An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.
Details
First Aired: 11/23/2018
Languages: German, French, English
Created by: Johannes W. Betz, Tony Saint
Type: Scripted
Production
Sky OneCompanies: Bavaria Fiction, Latina Pictures, Stillking Films, Sky Deutschland
Countries: Germany
Where to watch · US
Seasons
Season 1
France, 1942: In the submarine port of La Rochelle, the 40-man crew of the U-612 prepares for its maiden voyage. The young men face an unknown mission in the increasingly merciless Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. As the new Kaleun, the less experienced Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon) is in command - to the annoyance of the older first watch officer Karl Tennstedt (August Wittgenstein). Over the course of the mission, the skills, loyalty and camaraderie of the entire team are put to the test. At the same time, Simone Strasser (Vicky Krieps) arrives at the base to work as a translator for Gestapo boss Hagen Forster (Tom Wlaschiha). Simone's brother Frank (Leonard Scheicher) is also stationed in La Rochelle. Shortly after their first reunion, Frank asks his sister for a favor that will change her life forever. Soon Simone is forced to question everything she has previously believed.
Season 2
December 1942: The experienced submarine commander Johannes von Reinhartz (Clemens Schick) and his crew set sail with U-822 on a secret mission. However, when the captain's loyalty is soon questioned, U-612 under the command of Ulrich Wrangel (Stefan Konarske) gives chase. Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon) was able to escape death on the Atlantic. In New York he is taken in by Sam Greenwood (Vincent Kartheiser) and through him gets to know the shady lawyer Berger (Thomas Kretschmann). Can this enable him to return to Germany? In La Rochelle, Simone (Vicky Krieps) continues to be active in the resistance, although Gestapo chief Forster (Tom Wlaschiha) has her in his sights. Together with Margot (Fleur Geffrier) she wants to help a Jewish family escape.
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It started good then it went down to woke propaganda to end up being German propaganda. It tries to gain extra points by reverting to the original movie scenes such as submerging the boat to the bottom of the sea but it's for no use, we're thrown into thinking that German women forced to be in relationships with officers were lesbians that dreamed about having sex with French resistance females. We are also made to think about good and honourable German soldiers who faced dramatic dilemmas about giving Jews an opportunity to commit suicide... A scene where a German soldier gave a loaded pistol to a Jewish couple was one of the most disgusting, cringe things I've ever seen, it's not even funny, this is a rock bottom of falsifying the holocaust and a pathetic attempt to wash faces of Nazi mass murders.
