Based on the autobiographical novel from Lothar-Günther Buchheim, who served as a war correspondent on minesweepers, destroyers and submarines during WW II, Das Boot tells the story of the German submarine U-96 and its crew as they patrol the northern Atlantic in search of Allied ships at the end of 1941.
A German torpedo hit the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915. Shortly after, a substantial second explosion shook the ship. Within 20 minutes, the vessel known as the "Greyhound of the Seas" had sunk to the ocean floor, resulting in the deaths of almost 1200 individuals. A new two-step investigation...