![]() ![]() Ray Stevenson as Commander Jack Swinburne (s3 Perseverance).Rafael Gareisen as Mechanikerobergefreiter Max von Haber (s1-2 U-612).Pit Bukowski as Obermaschinenmaat Pips Lüders (s1-2 U-612).Philip Birnstiel as Leutnant zur See ( 2WO) Benno Schiller (s1-2 U-612 & U-822).Paul Bartel as Gestapo auxiliary officer Anatole Desjesquier (s2).Olivier Chantreau as Émile Charpentier (s1). ![]() Michael McElhatton as Deputy Chief Thomas O'Leary (s2).Luise Wolfram as Hannie Hoffmann Lessing (s3).Leonard Scheicher as Oberfunkmaat Frank Strasser (s1-2 U-612 & U-822).Leon Blaschke as Mechanikergast Thorsten Hecker (s1-2 U-612).Klaus Steinbacher as Obermechanikermaat Josef Wolf (s1 U-612).Julius Feldmeier as Obersteuermann Eugen Strelitz (s1-2 U-612 & U-822).Joseph Konrad Bundschuh as Leutnant zur See ( 2WO) Julius Fischer (s2 U-822).Joachim Foerster as Elektromaschinenmaat Ralf Grothe (s1-2 U-612).Franz Hartwig as Oberleutnant zur See and Leitender Ingenieur (LI) Rudi Vogts (s3 U-949).Clemens Schick as Korvettenkapitän Johannes von Reinhartz (s2 U-822).Ben Münchow as Dieselmaschinist Lutz Rizenhoff (s1, U-612).August Wittgenstein as Oberleutnant zur See ( 1WO) Karl Tennstedt (s1-2 U-612).Artjom Gilz as Oberleutnant zur See ( 1WO) Alois Erdmann (s3 U-949).Aniol Kirberg as Steuermann Harry Weidner (s3 U-949).Alessandro Schuster as Funkgast Pauli Müller (s3 U-949).In season three, war continues to exert its forces on Europe in unexpected territories, namely neutral Portugal, and Kiel, Germany, home of the U-boats while at sea, Robert Ehrenberg attempts to form a family and redemption with the crew of U-949 on a secret mission while Royal Navy Commander Swinburne pursues them towards the Southern Hemisphere. The second season takes place in 1943, following captain von Reinhartz of U-822 as he attempts to defect to America, while deposed captain Hoffmann of U-612 attempts to return to Germany. The sea-land dual storyline continues in subsequent seasons, providing multiple points of view towards World War II. In season one, the narrative is split into two strands: one at sea, on board U-612, and the other, on land, in La Rochelle, France, with the French resistance. The series picks up in late 1942, nine months after the events of the film. Based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim's book with additions from his sequel, Die Festung, the series focuses on events at sea in the Battle of the Atlantic on various U-boats, and on the resistance to German occupation on land, in France and Europe during World War II. The first officer (August Wittgenstein) gives his first-time captain (Rick Okon) a run for his money in ‘Das Boot’.Das Boot is a German television series produced by Bavaria Fiction for Sky One and a sequel to the film of the same name. Note, there are spoilers for a 37-year-old movie below. The original Das Boot doesn’t exactly end on an uplifting note – it’s a German movie about WWII, so no surprises there – but while this series is a sequel, you don’t need to see the film to know what’s what. The series features a new submarine, with an all-new crew led by a new captain (Rick Okon) – though he does have the same nickname (“Der Alte” – The Old Man) as Jürgen Prochnow’s captain in the film. It’s an ironic twist here, however, as he’s a first-time captain from a distinguished naval family and has a lot to live up to, which his more experienced first officer (August Wittgenstein) doesn’t let him forget. Like the original film, this series is based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s 1973 autobiographical novel Das Boot, based on his experiences as a war correspondent during WWII. But that wasn’t the only novel he wrote based on his war experiences 1995’s Die Festung was about his travels across France in 1944, and that provides some of the basis for other big differences between the series and the film. New character, Simone Strasser (Vicky Krieps), quickly gains the attention of the French resistance. Unlike the film, which focused on the undersea action to a claustrophobic extent, this version of Das Boot has two main plots. The first involves the boat of the title, submarine U-612 and its largely untested crew as they go on their first voyage in the autumn of 1942 (an all-action opening sequence suggests this journey may not be smooth sailing). The second involves Simone Strasser ( The Phantom Thread's Vicky Krieps) the sister of the U-612’s radio operator Frank (Leonard Scheicher). She’s working as a translator at the U-boat harbour, but when her brother (who has a sideline business selling morphine) heads out to sea, she has to step in and handle his latest drug deal. ![]()
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