''The Last U-Boat'' () is a 1993

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

television film directed by

Frank Beyer Frank Paul Beyer (; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA (film studio), DEFA and directed films that dealt mostl ...

, starring

Ulrich Mühe Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Academy Awards, Oscar-winning film ''Das Leben der Anderen'' (''The Live ...

and

Ulrich Tukur Ulrich Tukur (born Ulrich Gerhard Scheurlen; 29 July 1957) is a German actor and musician. He is known for his roles in Michael Haneke, Michael Haneke's ''The White Ribbon'', Steven Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh's ''Solaris (2002 film), Solaris' ...

, and scored by

Oskar Sala Oskar Sala (18 July 1910 – 26 February 2002) was a German composer and a pioneer of electronic music. He played an instrument called the Trautonium, an early form of electronic synthesizer. Early life Sala was born in Greiz, Thuringia, Germany. ...

. 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 World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Cast

as Kommandant Gerber *

as Röhler * Kaoru Kobayashi as Tatsumi *Goro Ohashi as Kimura *

Manfred Zapatka Manfred Zapatka (born 2 October 1942 in Bremen, Germany) is a German actor. Early life Zapatka completed his ''abitur'' at Clemens-August-Gymnasium in Cloppenburg in 1962. Selected filmography *1964: ' *1978: '' Germany in Autumn'' ''(Deutschla ...

as Beck * Matthias Habich as Mellenberg *

Udo Samel Udo Samel (born 25 June 1953) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the 1994 film '' Back to Square One'', which was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Se ...

as Dr. Falke *

Sylvester Groth Sylvester Groth (born 31 March 1958) is a German theater, television, and film actor. He is best known to international audiences from his appearances in Hollywood movies including '' Inglourious Basterds'' and '' The Man from U.N.C.L.E''. Furt ...

as Maschke * as Silowsky * 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 was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show '' Panel Quiz Attack 25'' continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the ...

as Japanese minister *

Isao Natsuyagi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1963 to 2013. Career In 1960, Natsuyagi began attending the Bungakuza actors school while attending Keio University , abbreviated as or , is a private university, private ...

as Japanese Vice Admiral *

Takehiko Ono Takehiko (written: 武彦, 毅彦, 雄彦 or 岳彦) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * (born 1969), Japanese sumo wrestler * (1922–1999), Japanese baseball player and manager * (1938–2019), Japanese po ...

as Japanese State Secretary *Lloyd Johnston as British Captain Toynbee *

Paul Herzberg Paul Herzberg (born 1953) is a South African actor and writer, known for ''The Honourable Woman'' (2014), ''Black Earth Rising'' (2019), ''My Week with Marilyn'' (2011), '' Room 36'' (2005), ''Blood'' and ''Cry Freedom'' (1987). Early life Bo ...

as British officer Mayhew *Johnathan Burn as Admiral Brighton *Peter Scollin as Rear Admiral Dean *

Barry Bostwick Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom '' Spin City'' (1996–2002). Bostwick has also ...

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 (; ) is a 1981 West Germany, West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer and Klaus Wennemann. An Film adaptation, adaptation of Lothar-Günthe ...

'' directed by

Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen (14 March 1941 – 12 August 2022) was a German film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. His international breakthrough was the 1981 war film (1981), which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Directo ...

References

External links

* 1992 films 1992 television films Films directed by Frank Beyer German drama television films 1990s German-language films German-language television shows Japan in non-Japanese culture World War II submarine films 1990s German films ZDF original programming German war drama films {{Germany-tv-film-stub