Das Boot (2023): S04E04 – Battle Lines

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. Outline The thought of being sent back to Kiel…

Andrew Marshall

15/01/2024

1–2 minutes

Drama, History, Military TV Series, Submarine, World War Two

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.

Outline

The thought of being sent back to Kiel if he fails Koch again terrifies Schulz. Unveiling Rubens’s Het Pelsken painting from a crate, Koch proposes to Werner and a Vatican contact the ‘Lisbon Line’ as a safe route for relocating the looted art works. Feeling the pressure from Hitler to identify Fidelio, Werner presses Koch to arrest any likely suspect; Schulz, too, threatens to expose conspiracies from within Gluck’s office. Ehrenberg begs Gluck for another chance to come clean about La Rochelle, U-612, Tennstedt and Wrangel, and prevent further atrocities. Later, Gluck confesses to Hannie, his goddaughter, that he is to blame for U-612’s mutiny against Klaus and the tragedies that follow. Hannie breaks with Schulz after he coerces her to reveal Klaus’s secret location. In Naples, Klaus is surprised to find that Rahn and the crew of U-330 have been expecting him. With a crew of eight, including Buchner and Cremer, Rahn reluctantly seeks out a local man who has control of the docks to negotiate the release of their gunman from jail. Sal loathes the Germans but offers his services in exchange for meats and cigarettes. The gunman turns out to be Gunther Maas who defended Klaus on U-612; he and Klaus happily reunite. En route to Toulon, Buchner and Klaus spot a burning German transport ship and an enemy plane. To Buchner’s surprise, Klaus raises a white flag to surrender but the plane does not acknowledge.

Das Boot Series

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Production & Filming Details

Release Date: 23 September 2023.
Running time: 60 minutes.
Rating: 18.
Country: Germany.
Language: German, English, and French.