The Last U-Boat

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| producer = Alfred Nathan (ZDF)
Werner Swossil (ORF)
Paul Coss (ABC)
Kagari Tajima (NHK)
Manfred Durniok

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| screenplay = Knut Boeser

| starring = Ulrich Mühe
Ulrich Tukur
Kaoru Kobayashi
Goro Ohashi
Manfred Zapatka
Matthias Habich
Udo Samel
Sylvester Groth

| editor = {{ill|Rita Hiller|de|Rita Hiller}}

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| released = {{Start date|1993}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = Germany
Austria
United States
Japan

| language = English
Japanese

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The Last U-Boat ({{langx|de|Das letzte U-Boot}}) is a 1993 German television film directed by Frank Beyer, starring Ulrich Mühe and Ulrich Tukur, and scored by Oskar Sala. The film is loosely based on the true story of the German submarine U-234’s first and only mission into enemy or contested territory, to Japan, in the closing days of World War II.

Cast

Ulrich Mühe as Kommandant Gerber
Ulrich Tukur as Röhler
Kaoru Kobayashi as Tatsumi
Goro Ohashi as Kimura
Manfred Zapatka as Beck
Matthias Habich as Mellenberg
Udo Samel as Dr. Falke
Sylvester Groth as Maschke
{{ill|Johannes Herrschmann|de|Johannes Herrschmann}} as Silowsky
{{ill|Tom Jahn|de|Tom Jahn}} as Koch Reidel
Andrew Wilson as Grant
Thore Seeberg as Leader of the Submarines
Magne-Håvard Brekke (as Magne Brekke) as Norwegian train driver
Kiyoshi Kodama as Japanese minister
Isao Natsuyagi as Japanese Vice Admiral
Takehiko Ono as Japanese State Secretary
Lloyd Johnston as British Captain Toynbee
Paul Herzberg as British officer Mayhew
Johnathan Burn as Admiral Brighton
Peter Scollin as Rear Admiral Dean
Barry Bostwick as US Captain Hawkins

Home release

In 2010 the film was distributed in Germany on DVD by Pandastorm Pictures GmbH. In Spain it was marketed as Das Boot 2: The Last Mission in reference to the unrelated 1981 West German submarine film Das Boot directed by Wolfgang Petersen.{{cite web|url= https://m.filmaffinity.com/es/film317042.html|title= Das Boot 2: La Última Misión (TV)|publisher=Film Affinity|accessdate=17 March 2024}}

References

External links

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Category:1992 films

Category:1992 television films

Category:Films directed by Frank Beyer

Category:German drama television films

Category:1990s German-language films

Category:German-language television shows

Category:Japan in non-Japanese culture

Category:World War II submarine films

Category:1990s German films

Category:ZDF original programming

Category:German war drama films