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It's one thing to die in combat,

but to die because we've taken a passenger on board.

A foreigner... is a disgrace.

- I am looking for Nathalie. - Let her come in.

That's when I told him everything.

That I am Jewish.

Frank... wanted to buy passports.

Take the little one and leave.

Frank will catch up with you later.

He told the firing squad to stand down so he could shoot the kid himself.

You're making this up.

A parade for King Kong.

His real name is Schulz. A U-boat Captain, returning triumphantly.

We survive air raids and destroyer attacks and then something like this happens.

Fucking French whore! You do what you're told!

Come in.

Miss Strasser.

Thanks for reporting for duty, despite the awful circumstances.

That's Mister Brunel, the Mayor of La Rochelle.

Mister Forster, please proceed.

As you well know, a German military facility was attacked.

We bemoan two dead and several injured people.

According to the Atonement Command of the High Command, 100 citizens of La Rochelle

have been chosen to be executed in retaliation.

The Mayor is to go through the lists and cross those off the list

essential to the war effort.

Of course, those gaps will have to be filled.

With troublemakers, criminals, perverts.

As there are no more registered Jews and Communists.

He has to explain every change in writing.

You will translate this and hand it to me, please.

Mister Brunel is being held in custody by the French police for the time being

so that none of the hostages are tipped off.

Miss Strasser, please brief the gentlemen now.

Mister Mayor,

follow me. I'll explain everything to you.

I am in favor of retaliation. With the utmost severity.

But it should only hit those responsible.

Otherwise we turn into criminals ourselves.

We're putting our alliances with Vichy at risk.

The entire collaboration.

And that's exactly what this scum wants:

to divide the French and the Germans.

Find the attackers. I will see what I can do.

Other names.

Do you think I'm God Almighty?

These are innocent people. And you are playing along, Pierre?

Those killed during the attack were innocent too.

Come with me.

Hello?

Hello?

Yes, patch her through.

Margot?

Who?

I'm on my way.

Is everything alright?

These headaches.

I just talked to the hospital and they said I should come back.

You do that. The work can wait. Your health is much more important.

- What happened? - Come with me.

We've sedated her

but she was conscious briefly.

That's when she said your name.

And your brother's.

Who did this to her?

The only thing I know is that she's injured.

Seriously injured...

head

and lower abdomen.

They were German.

But we were ordered not to talk about it.

Who is she?

A friend.

Does she have family here?

No, she's got nobody.

Update.

We're on course for our rendezvous, Sir. At current speed

we'll be there in 21 hours.

Where's Petty Officer Maas?

He's off duty.

- Resting. - Good.

I'll be on the bridge. Send him to me when he reports back.

The maneuver against the corvette, it was quite impressive, right?

It was a standard engagement.

The incident in the forward room was regrettable.

But overall, the crew did a good job.

Look, I think a visible show of your support for the Captain

would be good for everyone.

He would have chickened out again.

He would have run away like a coward.

Fortunately this time, it wasn't possible.

Tennstedt, may I speak openly?

You look tired.

What are you hinting at?

I'm not blind. Pervitin, these are quite strong amphetamines.

I'll help you remember something.

Did you forget who helped you when you wanted to come back?

Who supported you when these pencil pushers

questioned your fitness for service?

When you were boozing as if there was no tomorrow.

Who had faith in you?

All I ask in return is the same loyalty from you.

You wanted to see me, Sir.

The dispute between Strasser and you has to end.

I heard what he said about your previous tour.

A hospital ship was sunk?

It arrived sooner than we expected. CO Hinz felt it presented a danger to us.

That's what he said anyway.

And what do you think?

What I think doesn't matter. I follow orders.

What about Strasser?

Well...

We returned to base

and an hour later Captain Hinz was arrested.

Suspended pending a court martial.

- You think Strasser denounced him? - Who else?

I'm an honest sailor, I'm loyal. And I have to breathe the same air

as this French bastard!

And your loyalty towards me?

Do I have it in the same measure as Hinz did?

Aye, Sir.

I was up on watch with the First Watch Officer when we spotted the corvette.

There's something you should know...

The two dead were French women.

On the German side we luckily only had casualties.

Therefore, the execution won't take place for the time being.

Excuse me? What sort of retaliation is this?

The French should be in fear of us!

This is the enemy we're talking about.

Have you forgotten what happened after the attack in Nantes?

After the execution took place? The workers went on strike.

The war economy was paralyzed for weeks.

Are you afraid? Of a couple of workers?

It's a question of perspective. The war has to be won.

We can't afford another strike,

any more than your men's actions, Captain Schulz.

She was just a French whore.

Charming.

Perhaps a little time away from your desk and out in the Atlantic

might change your perspective.

These men are German heroes!

Not anymore. Now they are criminals.

Enough!

We have a list with a hundred hostages.

But they will only be executed if there's going to be another incident

which the Gestapo hopefully will prevent from happening.

As discussed with the Field Command Headquarters.

I hereby order you to bring the four sailors in question into the base

where they will be kept until the repairs to your boat have been finalized.

When everything is finished and ready,

you'll sail as soon as possible. Is that clear?

- Aye. - Dismissed!

What happened here?

Bobby Schulz' men...

they wanted to have fun.

And Nathalie? The barmaid? What happened to her?

She always thought she was so much better than anybody else.

If she'd played along nothing would have happened.

But to fight them and yell

after what happened at the quay.

She got a dressing-down. And we have to close up for a week.

Maximilian Ludwig Tassilo von Haber!

You're a highborn,

Mürwik boy.

I dropped out of Mürwik!

Ah...

And now you think you're one of us or what?

You're a cowardly bastard.

Because you don't respect anything... not God, not fate, nothing!

But I know your fate.

You can't run away from it!

- That's for Matthias! - That was your fault!

Shut up!

Thorsten!

Come here, killer.

Show us whose side you're on.

Beat him.

People like him don't give a shit about people like us.

In here, in this forward room,

it's our law.

Thorsten, I thought we were friends.

Guards, you're dismissed!

Hopefully you didn't catch the clap.

Go now!

Go!

I'll make sure

- you're fine. - But she'll pull through, right?

Anna's father, my brother, he'll return.

The Field Command Headquarters announces that

the German Occupying Force declines to exercise its right

to retaliation for the time being.

We expect

the French people to yield information to apprehend

those responsible for the bombing of the Naval Base.

Who?

That's what we tried as well.

And you don't?

Trotsky

The Germans don't react.

No arrests... nothing.

Just a couple more assholes on the streets.

And what about the French?

They don't react either.

What now?

Miss Simone.

- You asked to see me? - I've been worried about you.

I was at the hospital.

It took a bit longer than I thought.

How can I be of service?

We are interrogating the workers of the base. One by one.

No one will be shot for the time being. Thank God.

It wasn't easy. But the Field Command Headquarters finally agreed.

It's being made public as we speak.

I need your help, Simone.

95 French workers, 95 records of interrogation.

This has to be translated. Therefore

I'd like to make a suggestion.

Shall we talk about it over dinner tonight?

Let's say around 7 pm?

I would value your company.

7 pm it is then.

We really have to watch out that he won't get an infection.

You're already sick, too.

I knew a guy, engine room guy on U-711.

His hand got caught in the pistons.

Ripped off clean at the wrist.

Then he caught gangrene.

- The whole boat smelled of rotting meat. - Spare me the details please!

Will he make it home?

I'd love to give you a different answer, but...

Tell me,

you seem to know a lot of U-boat stories.

Well, I keep my ear to the ground.

U-311?

You mean Hinz?

Are you in?

Raise you.

- That's worth more than my stake. - True.

What about that?

- Are you sure? - I'm sure, yes.

May I?

Three Jacks.

You really think I wouldn't notice a rigged deck of cards?

Thought you'd hustle a poor, dumb African boy, did you?

I'm only noticing it now... your big nose, like Pinocchio's.

It's enough!

Bullshit!

- I thought everyone knew. - Hinz?

Gerhard Hinz.

He was Second Watch Officer on U-127.

knew a guy who served with him on a boat.

Dead now, too?

Unfortunately yes.

Well, he said that everyone knew.

About Hinz and his young boys...

And that's what he got arrested for?

He got caught in a very special brothel.

It got back to Dönitz and he had to set an example.

- Alright, mission completed. - What mission?

- The Captain wanted me to tell you. - The Captain?

What's the matter? Are you pissed off that Hinz didn't fancy you?

- Hey! - You're a sweetie!

Fuck the Fatherland!

You'll let him get away with that?

One doesn't have to react to everything.

Is that written in your father's book as well?

This was the first strike, the second will follow straight away.

I have to admit

there are moments when I have doubts.

What kind of doubts?

About myself. My convictions.

But then there are moments like this.

Sitting here with you,

my certainty is restored and I feel strengthened.

Look at the people here in the restaurant.

Decent people. Reliable.

Sympathetic.

- Sympathetic. - Sympathetic.

The point I was making,

they prove that it's right for us to be here.

In a liberated France.

Liberated from communists and anarchists.

Liberated from people like Monroe?

The bomb at the docks fits her profile.

Political conviction.

Political conviction is just a cover.

It's pure hate that drives these elements.

- Hate? - Hate for Germany.

They see order and contentment and seek to destroy it.

Miss Simone,

I'd like you to work for me.

Not just temporarily but officially.

As my personal translator.

Criminal Inspector.

Miss Strasser, may I introduce you to Lieutenant Commander Schulz.

It seems your good taste extends to more than just food.

Miss Strasser,

my respects.

The lobster here is excellent.

So good, in fact, that I've had some sent

to four men of my crew who are... indisposed.

Have a nice evening.

Gentlemen...

Bottoms up!

Schulz' boat sails tomorrow

and unfortunately Berlin still wants its newsreel footage.

Somehow I don't like Schulz.

Me neither, and day by day even less.

Why?

He tolerates men who behave in an un-German manner towards women.

What did these men do?

They badly beat up a girl in a bar.

And they'll be brought to justice, right?

The woman was of low character, no doubt. But

these heroes think that they are above the law.

May I see you home?

Yes, gladly.

Your proposition...

What do you think?

Would you like to work for me?

I'm glad that you appreciate my work,

but I'm not sure if I'm really qualified.

- Miss Simone. - Excuse me.

- Thanks. - To work for you...

what would be the benefits for me?

Well, a higher salary,

civilian clothes, your own office. How does that sound?

Gentlemen. We'll be in contact with an American vessel shortly.

I intend to ask them to take our injured crewman on board.

Sir, I have to report a major storm coming in from the South.

Let's hope we're getting it all over and done with quickly.

So...

I will ask the American Captain to take you on board.

In your case, I think captivity as a prisoner of war is your best chance.

You understand, Seaman Leudl?

For you, the war is over.

Did you really shoot him?

What are you talking about?

The young sailor under your command.

He was afraid and didn't carry out an order.

Did you really shoot him in the face?

That's not what happened.

Is that what the crew believe?

And what do you believe?

That we have to fire our eels. And win this fucking war.

So that I understand why I became a cripple.

You feel unwell?

I need to talk to you.

The American corvette...

Could we have avoided the contact?

An enemy ship attacked us.

The entire crew, the mission, our passenger were in danger.

You were on watch duty. I want to know if we could have avoided contact!

No!

Listen, it was dark.

A corvette can hardly detect a U-boat. But a U-boat can detect a corvette,

unless you're blind or asleep.

Courage is as beautiful as it is rare.

We are at the service of the German Navy!

The German Navy orders us what to do!

To face the enemy, to rely on each other... those were your words!

We are on our own out here.

But we hunt together.

A wolf abandoning its pack

will be bitten to death.

- That's the law of nature. - Enough.

I expect your subordination.

Just fulfill your duties,

First Watch Officer.

I understand my duties.

They're asking for identification.

Answer as agreed.

You are coming with me, Second Watch Officer.

Who else of the crew can speak English?

Petty Officer Radio Strasser. His English is quite good.

He will come with us too.

We don't have to give them all of our officers on a silver plate.

What's wrong with you, damn it?

Have you lost your mind?

Get below deck, now!

You're done, Tennstedt!

Chief, you're in command!

If we're not back within an hour, you sink that ship!

You hear me?

Did you hear me?

Captain Hoffmann.

You accompany him to the sick bay, 2-WO, and then return here.