![]() ![]() In addition, big names like Robert Stadlober (who recently starred as Kurt Weill in Brecht's Threepenny Film), Belgian actor Jonathan Zaccai ( Robin Hood), and American Lizzy Caplan ( The Interview, Freaks and Geeks) complement the cast. The story is told in eight parts, with Rick Okon in the role of Klaus Hoffmann, August Wittgenstein as First Officer Karl Tennstedt and Vicky Krieps as Simone Strasser, a translator who works for the Gestapo. ![]() "But the series goes a step further than the film did, by combining the claustrophobic atmosphere on board the submarine with a second storyline in the orbit of the Resistance - which gives a chance to bring in strong female characters." " Das Boot is a milestone among anti-war films: It stands for authenticity, suspense, drama, emotion and action," says director Andreas Prochaska. Strong female characters and international cast for milestone relaunch Director Andreas Prochaska says the Sky series has strong female parts Image: picture-alliance/Sky/N. Meanwhile another story unfolds on land, as we follow a young woman playing a dangerous game between the Gestapo and the Resistance. Sky's blurb tells us that during the mission, the crew's skill, loyalty, and comradeship will all be put to the test. The war is no longer going so well for Germany, and the Allies have recently cracked the Enigma Enigma code - making life even more dangerous for Germany's U-boat crews. In the U-boat harbor at La Rochelle, the crew of U-612 is preparing for its maiden voyage. Nine months have passed since U-96 disappeared beneath the waves for the last time. Now the series under the same name from paycaster Sky and production company Bavarian Fiction refloats the story and pushes it out to sea once more. That's how the 1981 classic anti-war film Das Boot ended. U-96, the submarine that had brought them this far, was sent to the bottom by an allied bomb. Most of the crew members who had survived to make it back to land then met their deaths under the sky. When the camera pans around from the shocked face of Greenwood it reveals Klaus Hoffmann standing there.The crew of U-96 emerged from their crippled U-boat in the harbor of La Rochelle, having survived a pitched sea battle, only to come under immediate attack from allied aircraft. The man hasn't given his name but says that Greenwood owes him a ride. He allows Hoffman to speak to the men before he goes and convinces Wrangel to let the other men stay as they were only doing their duty and follow orders, he agrees, but von Haber chooses to leave with Hoffmann and they are both set adrift.Īt the end of the series, Samuel Greenwood now back safely in New York, is interrupted by his secretary who tells him he has a visitor. Eventually Wrangel decides that Hoffmann and the others must be removed from the sub and has the dingy made ready with some provisions. Max von Haber, another sailor, and Frank don't agree with it and are taken to the back of the sub and held there. Hoffmann soon is too ill to command and whilst he is sick in his bunk, Wrangel and Karl orchestrate a mutiny and take over the sub. ![]() Once back aboard U-612, Wrangel tells Hoffmann to sink the ship but he refuses and orders him to a bunk. The Captain of the American ship agrees to let Hoffmann get away on the condition he won't sink there ship if he does. They also learn that it is also a trap and that Greenwood's father has two American destroyers on course to intercept. Once at the American ship they learn that it is Greenwood's father who has arranged for this trade and that they are trading Samuel Greenwood for Ulrich Wrangel, the Captain of the U-113, who was believed dead or missing with his crew. Hoffmann is furious at Karl's stupidity and removes him from command, giving the command of the ship to Robert Ehrenberg in his place. Greenwood says his goodbyes to Karl Tennstedt by insulting him, which provokes Karl to punch him knocking him overboard. Once there he is ready to take Greenwood over to the American ship along with Frank Strasser and another sailor. Hoffmann picks up a cold which worsens, but they make it to the exchange point. He is chosen to take a secret mission to trade an American man called Samuel Greenwood at an exchange point. Hoffman doesn't feel he can live up to the myth of his father and be what is expected of him. Hoffmann is the son of a famous World War 1 U-Boat Captain. His crew is a mix of new recruits and experienced men. He is the newly promoted Captain of the newly built U-612. Kapitänleutnant Klaus Hoffmann is a Kriegsmarine sailor who serves aboard the German U-Boat, U-612, in 1942. ![]()
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