Fifth of a six-part drama.
Ordered to refuel in Spain before attempting to pass through the Straits of Gibraltar, the Captain of German submarine U-96 radios a request for a relief for his exhausted chief engineer. A rendezvous with a supply ship gives him and his officers a brief respite from the war. In German with English subtitles. Captain JURGEN PROCHNOW, Lt Werner HERBERT GRONEMEYER, Chief engineer KLAUS WENNEMANN , First lieutenant HUBERTUS BENGSCH, Second
lieutenant MARTIN SEMMELROGGE , Bridge officer BERND TAUBER , Ullman MARTIN MAY.
Johann ERWIN LEDER , "Weser" Captain GONTER LAMPRECHT
Writer/Director Wolfgang Petersen (Rpt)