For almost four weeks, the submarine is traveling south-west of Ireland and is held underwater by a destroyer during its first attack on an English convoy. Exploding depth charges hurl the crew and submarine into chaos. But the "old man" succeeds in maneuvering U 96 out of the danger zone. Subsequently, the submarine gets into a storm period lasting more than three weeks.
Casts:
Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Jan Fedder, Heinz Hoenig, Ralf Richter, Oliver Stritzel, Lutz Schnell, Otto Sander, Günter Lamprecht, Rita Cadillac