Ahead of its premiere later this year, the first images have arrived online from Das Boot, a TV series inspired by Wolfgang Petersen’s classic 1981 World War II movie, which features stars August Wittgenstein, Rick Okon, Franz Dinda and Vicky Krieps.
Das Boot will pick up the World War II story in the fall of 1942 as the tide begins to turn on the German war machine. It will follow the war at sea as seen through the eyes of the young U-boat crew, as well as the French Resistance movement on land.
The $33 million eight-part series, a joint production between Bavaria Fiction, Sky Deutschland and Sonar Entertainment, is slated to premiere on Sky in late 2018, and features a cast that also includes Lizzie Caplan, Jonathan Zaccai, Leonard Scheicher, Robert Stadlober and Stefan Konarske. Andreas Prochaska (The Dark Valley) directs.
Photo Credit: Bavaria Fiction
