Introduction

Das Boot is a 2018 German television series produced for the TV channel Sky and a sequel to Das Boot (1981).

Like the original film, the series is based on Lothar-Günther Buchheim’s 1973 book Das Boot, but with additions from Buchheim’s 1995 sequel Die Festung.

As the original film’s plot ends in December 1941, the series’ setting takes place nine months later, in 1942.

The storyline is split into two narratives, one based on land around the French Resistance, the other set around German U-boat U-612 and its crew.

Inspiration

The TV series is based on Lothar-Gunther Buchheim’s two novels Das Boot and Festung.

Outline

The series, set in 1942, focus on the narratives of the upcoming Resistance in La Rochelle and the claustrophobic life aboard U-612.

Das Boot Series

• Episode 01: Überlebensstrategien (Survival Strategies).
• Episode 02: Unbequeme Allianzen (Inconvenient Alliances).
• Episode 03: Sabotage.
• Episode 04: Die Würfel sind gefallen (The Dice has Fallen).
• Episode 05: Befehl zum Töten (Command to Kill).
• Episode 06: Letzte Entscheidungen (Final Decisions).
• Episode 07: Kopf an Kopf (Head to Head).
• Episode 08: Auf der anderen Seite (On the Other Hand).

You can find a full index of the Das Boot TV Series here.

You can find a full index and overview of the Das Boot franchise here.

Production & Filming Details

• Creator(s): Johannes W. Betz and Tony Saint.
• Director(s): Matthias Glasner and Rick Osterman.
• Producer(s): Moritz Polter, Oliver Vogel, Jan S. Kaiser, Marcus Ammon, Frank Jastfelder, and Jenna Santoianni.
• Writer(s): Andrew Bampfield.
• Production: Bavaria Film.
• Distributor(s): Sky.
• Release Date: 24 April 2020 to 15 May 2020.
• Running time: 60 minutes.
• Country: Germany.
• Language: German, English, and French.

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