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Das Boot

When boys become men in a war that can't be won.

7.0IMDb156 votesWorth your time
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2018 – 20234 seasons · 32 episodes~60 min per episodeTV-MACanceled
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TV DNA

How Das Boot actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Das Boot reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Serialized.

Character DepthDefining8.6

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

Emotional WeightStrong6.5

How much the series is designed to affect you.

SerializedStrong5.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

BingeabilityPresent5.1

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

Cliffhanger IntensityPresent4.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

SpectacleLight3.5

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingLight3.5

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourLight2.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

The story

What it's about

An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.

The run

Seasons

4 seasons · 32 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    20204 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    20188 episodes

    6.2IMDb

    France, 1942: In the submarine port of La Rochelle, the 40-man crew of the U-612 prepares for its maiden voyage. The young men face an unknown mission in the increasingly merciless Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. As the new Kaleun, the less experienced Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon) is in command - to the annoyance of the older first watch officer Karl Tennstedt (August Wittgenstein). Over the course of the mission, the skills, loyalty and camaraderie of the entire team are put to the test. At the same time, Simone Strasser (Vicky Krieps) arrives at the base to work as a translator for Gestapo boss Hagen Forster (Tom Wlaschiha). Simone's brother Frank (Leonard Scheicher) is also stationed in La Rochelle. Shortly after their first reunion, Frank asks his sister for a favor that will change her life forever. Soon Simone is forced to question everything she has previously believed.

    Best episode · S01E07 Hell

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    20208 episodes

    6.1IMDb

    December 1942: The experienced submarine commander Johannes von Reinhartz (Clemens Schick) and his crew set sail with U-822 on a secret mission. However, when the captain's loyalty is soon questioned, U-612 under the command of Ulrich Wrangel (Stefan Konarske) gives chase. Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon) was able to escape death on the Atlantic. In New York he is taken in by Sam Greenwood (Vincent Kartheiser) and through him gets to know the shady lawyer Berger (Thomas Kretschmann). Can this enable him to return to Germany? In La Rochelle, Simone (Vicky Krieps) continues to be active in the resistance, although Gestapo chief Forster (Tom Wlaschiha) has her in his sights. Together with Margot (Fleur Geffrier) she wants to help a Jewish family escape.

    Best episode · S02E08 On the Other Hand

  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    202210 episodes

    5.9IMDb

    The third season of "Das Boot" follows the fate of an inexperienced submarine crew who are sent on a dangerous mission and find themselves in the sights of an obsessed Royal Navy commander. Under the leadership of Robert Ehrenberg (Franz Dinda), strong personal alliances form within the crew. Ehrenberg himself finds family ties that he thought were lost forever. Meanwhile, in neutral Lisbon, where exiles, spies and criminals meet, Hagen Forster (Tom Wlaschiha) uncovers a deadly plot to steal looted war gold. His investigation also leads him to a man involved in a conspiracy that could change the course of the war for the better: Klaus Hoffmann (Rick Okon).

    Best episode · S03E01 A Second Chance

  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    20236 episodes

    6.0IMDb

    The events of the fourth season of "Das Boot" begin in the summer of 1943: Klaus Hoffmann is celebrated as a hero in Berlin, but at the same time he is shadowed. His sister Hannie, whose marriage only exists on paper, has found a new job. Meanwhile, the navy suffers heavy losses in the Mediterranean. The film was directed by Dennis Gansel (“The Wave”) and the main actors in the six new episodes include Rick Okon and Rosalie Thomass.

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Hell

S01E07

Hell

6.5IMDb11 votes

Forster reveals to Simone that U-612 has gone missing. Meanwhile, the resistance endanger the innocent to further their cause.

14 Dec 201857 min
Still from Reckoning

S01E08

Reckoning

6.4IMDb11 votes

The U-boat crew struggle with recent events and what lies ahead. A revelation in La Rochelle infuriates Forster spelling bad news for Simone.

14 Dec 201857 min
Still from Secret Mission

S01E02

Secret Mission

6.3IMDb12 votes

Hoffmann insists on further training despite the crew's desire to head to battle. In La Rochelle, Simone pieces together the previous night's events.

23 Nov 201857 min
Still from Loyalty

S01E05

Loyalty

6.3IMDb11 votes

A surprise new arrival takes Greenwood's place, causing a divide. Plus, Carla and Simone grow closer and a resistance fighter arrives at the safe house.

7 Dec 201855 min
Still from Against the Clock

S01E06

Against the Clock

6.3IMDb11 votes

Things look bleak for the crew of U-612, as they desperately try to work out their next move. Simone adjusts to her new position between Carla and Forster.

7 Dec 201860 min
Still from Incurred Losses

S01E03

Incurred Losses

6.2IMDb11 votes

Tennstedt and Hoffmann continue to butt heads aboard U-612, while rebel Carla Monroe plans a mission in La Rochelle.

30 Nov 201859 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from Nothing Personal

S04E06

Nothing Personal

6.0IMDb1 votes
7 Oct 202350 min
Still from Point of No Return

S04E05

Point of No Return

6.0IMDb1 votes
7 Oct 202346 min
Still from Frontlines

S04E04

Frontlines

6.0IMDb1 votes
30 Sept 202348 min
Still from My Brother's Keeper

S04E03

My Brother's Keeper

6.0IMDb1 votes
30 Sept 202349 min
Still from Target Captured

S04E02

Target Captured

6.0IMDb1 votes
23 Sept 202348 min
Still from A German Hero

S04E01

A German Hero

6.0IMDb1 votes
23 Sept 202348 min

Behind the series

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Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Direction

Cinematography

Recognition

Awards

1 win

Bavarian TV Awards

1 win · latest 2019

  • WinnerBavarian TV Awards2019

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