1/6. Wolfgang Petersen's dramatisation of Lothar-Gunther Buchheim's wartime novel Das Boot. Autumn 1941: the officers and crew of German submarine U-96 spend a riotous last night ashore before embarking on a mission to attack British shipping. In German with English subtitles. Episode two follows on BBC4 at 8pm.
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