The Last U-Boat

Jan 2, 1993

1h 39m

★ 5.4

Overview

Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrives on the radio that Hitler killed himself and Germany has surrendered. This causes a rift in the crew, the Nazi Party members wanting to continue to Japan since they are still at war, while the others just want to surrender or return home.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

War

Production Companies

Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion

ZDF

ORF

ABC Video Enterprises

NHK

The Last U-Boat Trailers

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Cast

Gerber - Kommandant

Ulrich Mühe

Röhler - 1. Wachoffizier

Ulrich Tukur

Tatsumi - Fregattenkapitän

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kimura - Fregattenkapitän

Goro Ohashi

Beck - Geschwaderrichter

Manfred Zapatka

Mellenberg - General

Matthias Habich

Dr. Falke

Udo Samel

Funker Maschke

Sylvester Groth

Matrose

Pierre Besson

Matrose

Michael Härle

Captain Hawkins

Barry Bostwick

Silowsky - Leitender Ingenieur

Johannes Herrschmann

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