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. The second involves Simone Strasser ( The Phantom Thread's Vicky Krieps) the sister of the U-612’s radio operator Frank (Leonard Scheicher).
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).
Unlike the film, which focused on the undersea action to a claustrophobic extent, this version of Das Boot has two main plots. New character, Simone Strasser (Vicky Krieps), quickly gains the attention of the French resistance. 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. 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. 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.
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.
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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. Note, there are spoilers for a 37-year-old movie below. The first officer (August Wittgenstein) gives his first-time captain (Rick Okon) a run for his money in ‘Das Boot’.
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