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U-Boat, Course West! is a film of genre War with Herbert Wilk
U-Boat, Course West! (1941)
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Add to a movie listLength 48minutes
Genres War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Rating68%
U-Boote westwärts ! (in English: U-boat Westward!) was a 1941 German war propaganda film promoting the Kriegsmarine. It concerns a U-boat mission in the Battle of the Atlantic and was produced by UFA. The U-boat used for the film was U-123, which would later play a major role in Operation Drumbeat.
Synopsis
The short film (48 minutes) opens aboard a U-boat as it returns from a mission. It then follows the crew onshore the day before they ship off for their next mission—meeting their family and sweethearts, spending a last night at a club, and so forth. Then they ship off, soon sighting and boarding a Dutch merchant ship, which they inspect for contraband. The boarding of the ship is shown being done professionally and in a non-confrontational manner. While they are aboard the Dutch ship, a Royal Navy ship spots them and tries to torpedo them, but the U-boat ends up sinking it.Actors
Herbert Wilk
(Kapitänleutnant Hoffmeister)
Heinz Engelmann
(Olt. zur See Wiegand)
Joachim Brennecke
(Lt. zur See v. Benedict)
Wilhelm Borchert
(Olt. Griesbach)
Karl John
(Matrosenobergefreiter Drewitz)
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