Underplayed Gems

The Last U-Boat (1992)

The Last U-Boat poster
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
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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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