U-Boote westwärts

Infobox Film
name = U-Boote westwärts

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caption = Film program for "U-Boats Westwards"
director = Günther Rittau
producer =
writer = Georg Zoch
narrator =
starring = Herbert Wilk
music = Harald Böhmelt
cinematography = Igor Oberberg
editing = Johanna Meisel
distributor =
released = May 9, 1941
runtime = 48 minutes
country = Germany
language = German
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imdb_id = 0159801

"U-Boats Westwards" was a 1941 German war film promoting the "Kriegsmarine". It concerns a U-boat mission in the Second Battle of the Atlantic.

Plot

The film follows the crew of a U-Boat, from their life the day before they ship off - meeting their family and sweethearts, spending a last night at a club, etc. Then they ship, soon boarding a Dutch merchant ship, which they inspect for contraband. The boarding of the ship is shown being done professionally and non-confrontationally. While they are boarding the ship, a Royal Navy ship spots them and tries to torpedo them, but the U-boat ends up sinking it.

Cast

*Herbert Wilk: Kapitänleutnant Hoffmeister
*Heinz Engelmann: Olt. zur See Wiegand
*Joachim Brennecke: Lt. zur See v. Benedict
*Ernst Wilhelm Borchert: Olt. Griesbach
*Karl John: Mat. Gefr. Drewitz
*Clemens Hasse: Masch.-Mat Sonntag
*Ilse Werner: Irene Winterfeld
*Karl Dönitz: Karl Dönitz

See also

*List of German films 1933-1945
*List of World War II films

External links

*imdb title|id=0159801|title=U-Boote westwärts
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=988728717041995529&q=U-boat Complete film at Google Video (German. No subtitles.)]