The Last U-Boat (1992)

Original title

Das letzte U-Boot

Directed by

Frank Beyer

Genre

historical film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the last days of World War II, a German submarine crew embarks on a secret mission to Japan. They face moral questions and the looming end of the war as their journey becomes a long wait.

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What happens

The Last U-Boat (German: Das letzte U-Boot) is a 1993 German television film directed by Frank Beyer, starring Ulrich Mühe and Ulrich Tukur, and scored by Oskar Sala. The film is loosely based on the true story of the German submarine U-234’s first and only mission into enemy or contested territory, to Japan, in the closing days of World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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