13 men died and five were rescued by the Danish ship Nancy. Add to Wish List. June 8, 2017. comment . "[18], Prien left port to navigate the shallow North Sea on 8 October and did not brief his crew until mid-mission. [2] Prien attended the U-boat school in Kiel from 1 October 1935 to 30 April 1936. [3] After his parents separated, Prien moved with his mother and siblings to Leipzig where she eked out a living selling peasant lace. For Dönitz, the operation was a personal triumph. [51] Prien fired eight torpedoes, but none hit. At 14:40, Prien fired one torpedo, U-47 continued to attack Allied shipping in the Western Approaches, however eight out of twelve G7e U-47 carried, failed to detonate either missing or malfunctioning. [51], On the way home Prien intercepted the battleship Warspite on 19 April. His attack prompted a five-hour chase from 00:23 on 8 March. Unterseebootsflottille Awarded on: July 1st, 1940 Mentioning: "Kapitänleutnant Prien destroyed further enemy ships in the last few days; the reported tonnage sunk of the OKW report from 28 June thus increased to 51 086 GRT." [47][36] The failure of torpedoes was a factor in the German naval defeat in the Battles of Narvik. He was integrated into the Reichsmarine as a member of "Crew 31" (the incoming class of 1931), but had the age and experience of a 1926 class. [Tr 1][Tr 2][Tr 3] During this time frame in Stralsund, he advanced in rank to Fähnrich zur See (naval cadet) on 1 March. comment. [66], Prien formed part of a Wolfpack that attacked Convoy HX 72. He attacked and claimed four ships sunk after U-65 led him to the scene. Unused. [82], The ninth war patrol began on 3 November 1940 from Lorient and took U-47 to the North Atlantic, west of the North Channel. [38], U-47 under the command of Prien with 1st watch officer (I. WO) Oberleutnant zur See Engelbert Endrass and chief engineer Oberleutnant (Ing.) At 05:19 Prien was caught on the surface and dived but could not escape the rapid depth charge attack from the escorts. They allowed German submarines to strike deeper into the Atlantic and spend much longer on patrol. Reviews There are no reviews yet. [70] On 21 September U-48 relieved Prien on shadowing duties. [72] A five-strong U-boat pack that were too far away to tackle Convoy SC 7 were called into assist. His crew despised him for it. [9], On 11 May 1936, Prien was appointed first Watch Officer on U-26, serving under the command of Werner Hartmann after forming a bond at the training school. Her second torpedo attack blew a 30-foot (9 m) hole in the Royal Oak which, as a result, flooded and quickly capsized. The warhead had detached but the missile contained compressed air necessitating its destruction by a bomb disposal team. U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien (English: U 47 – Lieutenant Commander Prien) is a 1958 black-and-white German war film portraying the World War II career of the U-boat captain Günther Prien. U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien ; Where to watch JustWatch. A convoy was sighted later, but Prien did not bother attacking; he had lost faith in his main weapons. Everyone believes it lost to the bottom of the Baltic Sea, then 40 years later it reappears without a crew. While being loosely based on the life of the commander of U-47 and his crew, it has a few injections of fiction to complete the plot. Dönitz had been encouraged in operations against warships by the sinking of aircraft carrier Courageous in September 1939. The information led to the sinking of Ville de Mons in ten minutes. [40] The identity of the vessels were SS Navasota from OB 46 south of Fastnet was the first, tanker MV Britta south of Longships Lighthouse, and finally Tanjandoen southsoutheast of The Lizard. Dieter Eppler played commander Günther Prien in the 1958 war film In 1939 German U-boat captain Günther Prien receives orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships. Following World War I, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow under the terms of the Armistice whilst negotiations took place over the fate of the ships. Date: 1958: Source: Trailer des Films: Author: unbekannt (Arca-Film, Constantin-Film ?) [4][2] Prien rose steadily in rank, from midshipman in 1933 to Oberleutnant zur See (sub-lieutenant) on 1 January 1937. He surfaced four-hours sailing time from the anchorage. When the periscope cleared the surface, Prien observed what he believed major damage to the stern of the cruiser, her starboard torpedo launchers dislodged and an aircraft tilted. He went over the torpedoes and firing control data personally before another four-missile salvo was fired. [42] Louis Scheid rescued 62 men from Tanjandoen, but six perished. To offset the negative impact his death might have on the German population, the message was hidden among the information about the tonnage sunk by U-boats. [78] U-47 returned to Lorient on 23 October. Dönitz hoped the U-boats could compensate for this weakness. He was the first U-boat commander to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the first member of the Kriegsmarine to receive the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. West of Ireland, Fw 200s sank seven ships from this convoy making it the most successful intervention of German aircraft in the Atlantic. German U-boat commanders of World War II : a biographical dictionary. Product Code: DVDR Reward Points: 0 Availability: In Stock. [16] Dönitz was attracted to the prospect of attacking the Royal Navy anchorage at Scapa Flow at the outbreak of war, to win a victory for his command. plus-circle Add Review. Convoy HX 79 was spotted by U-47 in the morning of the 19 October, just as its 10-ship anti-submarine escort arrived. Country. Director. Discover some of our favorites from the wide range of films the Academy chose to honor with a recap of the big winners at the 2021 Oscars. Prien declines to intervent, but over time, he gradually has a change of heart. war. Deutsch: Logo des Films U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien aus dem Jahr 1958. "[7] However, Donald Macintyre described Prien as "the most Nazified U-boat captain", "an ardent ruthless Nazi". [96], Prien was a subject of a hagiographic 1981 account by German author Franz Kurowski, Günther Prien, der Wolf und sein Admiral (Günther Prien, the Wolf and his Admiral). Undaunted he ordered German submarine U-16 to reconnoitre the region and requested Luftwaffe reconnaissance. [2] Prien joined the Nazi Party in May 1932, but had to resign his membership upon joining the navy prior to Hitler's ascent to power. only disc, no cases. With Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger, Harald Juhnke. Prien lost one man overboard during the patrol. Share. Prien’s luck ran out on March 7TH 1941 when attacking a convoy off the Faroe Islands the U-47 was sunk with a loss of all hands. The claims made by Prien are noted in the war diary of the BdU on 17 December 1939: for a total of 31,000 GRT plus one British warship damaged, while the actual tonnage was only 23,168 GRT. [100], According to Busch and Röll, Prien sailed on ten war patrols and sank 30 commercial ships of 162,769 GRT, one warship with a displacement of 29,970 long tons (30,450 t), and damaged eight commercial ships for 62,751 GRT and one warship of 10,035 long tons (10,196 t). [48], Prien formed part of a group patrolling east of the Shetland Islands, Vagsfjord and Trondheim. He could not wait for high tide to assist while within range of British guns, and daybreak, he noted, was only hours away. Title: U 47 / 7. Submarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt. [2] At the age of five, Prien had been living with relatives, the notary Carl Hahn and his wife, in Lübeck. [79][Note 2] The lyrics also refer to Neville Chamberlain and mock the song Rule, Britannia! [83] The tanker survived Prien's attack, then withstood a three torpedo salvo from U-95. [85], To date, there is no official record of what happened to U-47 or her 45 crewmen, though a variety of possibilities exists, including mines, a mechanical failure, falling victim to her own torpedoes, and possibly a later attack that did not confirm any kills by the corvette team of HMS Camellia and HMS Arbutus. [55], On 20 February 1941, U-47 departed from Lorient on its tenth and final war patrol. U-Boot (Vom Kaleu bis zum letzen Mann - Lied aus dem Arca-Film "U 47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien N. Schultze - Schierhorn Musikkorps der Schutzpolizei Berlin mit Chor Leitung: Obermusikmeister Heinz Winkel. This made Prien's sixth war patrol the most successful U-boat operation to date. [99], The street "Günther-Prien-Straße" in Schönberg, Plön is named after him. The war diary of the Befehlshaber der U-Boote (BdU) on 17 December 1939 stated that even though a hit was observed the cruiser was not sunk.[39]. Prien had departed Kiel on 19 August for a patrol lasting 28 days. While the operation was a German success, Prien damaged only one ship with his only remaining torpedo. [94], The 1958 war film U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien, directed by Harald Reinl, was loosely based on Prien's combat record and command of U-47. On DVDR, or DOWNLOAD. 89 men survived and six were killed. until Germany was forced to acknowledge his loss. This patrol, again Kraus served as 1st watch officer, started and ended in Kiel and targeted the shipping routes in the North Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay west of the English Channel. After 34 days at sea, U-47 returned to Lorient on 6 December. At Hartmann's request Prien was assigned to his submarine, which served in the Spanish Civil War in 1937. [73] Prien, who was trying to reach SC7,[74] formed a wolfpack with U-28, U-38, U-48 and U-100. [43] The Battle of France and the occupation of the Atlantic coast afforded the BdU bases. Certificate: Passed Synopsis. Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific. [46] The purpose was to provide seaborne protection for the German amphibious landings on Norway's large coast line from the Royal Navy and French Navy. U47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien / U-47 Lt. With Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger, Harald Juhnke. These problems continued to bedevil the German submariners for a long time. [20] Nazi propaganda exploited the success and gloated over damaged British morale. Ex-Admiral Wagner Fuerbringer, German Navy, is the source of the below-given account of the U-47's SCAPA FLOW undertaking in the early part of World War II. "U47 - Kapitänleutnant Prien" or "U-47 Lt. The tide allowed the entry to be made rapidly. On 28 September 1939 he said, "it is not true Britain possesses the means to eliminate the U-boat menace. Every second is precious for a Russian submarine crew, as they are stranded 72 meters below the ocean's surface. [45], In April 1940 the OKM planned Operationsbefehl Hartmut to support Operation Weserübung, the invasions of Denmark and Norway. Language: Published: 1958 Country: Germany Length: 86 min. [14], Prien's death was kept secret until 23 May. [20] He fired seven torpedoes, some of which failed or ran widely off target. The West German navy, at the time named the Bundesmarine (Federal Navy), had considered Prien as namesake for the 1967 commissioned guided missile destroyer Lütjens. On 5 September, he sank the British Bosnia of 2,407 gross register tons (GRT), the second ship of the war to be sunk by a U-boat. As secondaries appear Joachin Fuchsberger as 2º commandant and Peter Carsten , booth of whom played during the 60s several European co-productions. Celkově se svou ponorkou U-47 potopil 188 905 brutto registrovaných tun tonáže lodí. He intercepted and repeatedly attacked convoy OB 290. In World War I, two German submarines had tried and failed. The reason, given by Endrass for this, was the sight of Prien's demeanour as U-47 entered Scapa Flow, "his frowning face and hunched shoulders reminded him of a bull in a ring. U 47, KAPITÄNLEUTNANT PRIEN. [84] The success of the Fw 200s, well out to sea, depredations of U-boat concentrations between Iceland and Britain simultaneously with Operation Berlin, in which battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau cruised the convoy lanes was an anxious and operationally complex period for the German Admiralty. SPONSOR. [92], According to one biographer, in contrast with Kretschmer, Prien was purportedly a strict disciplinarian who rarely allowed humanity to compromise or interfere with the running of his boat. Das gelingt aber nur schwach. [42], Prien's fourth patrol started on 29 February 1940 from Kiel. When a rancher's family is massacred by a gang of outlaws, he assembles a mean team of convicts as his posse to pursue the killers. The stern torpedo also failed to hit or detonate. Directed by Harald Reinl. The faulty G7e torpedo rendered the German submarine fleet useless for the duration of Weserübung. Authentic account of U-47's (ex-Kapitaenleutnant Guenther PRIEN) penetration of SCAPA FLOW and attack executed on battle- ship units of the British Home Fleet. There he attended the Katharineum, a humanistic secondary school. U-47 surfaced and tried to pursue the cruiser but was driven off by depth charges dropped from the escort. Under Prien's command, the submarine U-47 sank over 30 Allied ships totaling about 200,000 gross register tons . The German surface fleet could not fight a large-scale surface action against the British and win. [43][49] The boat formed part of a 28-strong fleet, practically the entire operational force, committed to waters off the Norwegian and British coast. The second salvo did strike and explode. [71], Prien took U-47 on its eighth war patrol on 14 October 1940, the last with Kraus as 1st watch officer, patrolling the sea routes in the North Atlantic, from the North Channel to Rockall. Six ships were sunk by other U-boats. "[51] A full report was made by Prien: "we found ourselves equipped with a torpedo which refused to function in northern waters either with contact or magnetic pistols. [43], Prien was a Wolfpack leader and made the tactical decisions for this patrol line. He is a craftsman who directed all kind of genres as terror (Torture chamber, The invisible Dr Mabuse), Western (Winnetou saga), Epic (Nibelungen) Krimi and warlike.The film provides a brief detailing of life aboard and a portrait about the crews subjected to stressful and psychological tensions.In fact the sailors had sleep in shifts.For months they were lodged in close quarters because every inch the space was needed for machinery,supplies and torpedoes.The air was heavy with odors from bilges,diesel oil and unwashed bodies.The men faced sudden death from depth charges ,aerial bombing attacks or the sharp bow of a swift destroyer as happen in this film. [29] Prien wrote a book of his experiences during the war, Mein Weg Nach Scapa Flow (My way to Scapa Flow), released in the autumn, 1940. Use the HTML below. Genre. ... U 47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien, a 1958 film about Prien's command of U-47; List of most successful German U-boats; References Notes Citations. He ordered all but three submarines to port. He stalked her and fired two torpedoes with the same result—one exploded at the end of its run, alerting the escorts which counterattacked with depth charges. [84], U-47 went missing after intercepting Convoy OB 293 on 7 March. Price: $6.00. iii. He harboured much bitterness because of his difficult beginning. At 2007 hours, German submarine U-47 under command of Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien fired a torpedo at a tanker in the middle of Allied convoy HX-49 in a position 50 miles south-southwest of Cape Clear in the southwestern tip of Ireland. [4] After eight years of work and study as a seaman, rising from cabin boy on a sailing ship, Prien passed the required examinations and became the Fourth Officer on a passenger liner,[2] the Hamburg. His crew eventually rocked the U-boat loose and U-47 escaped. [20] In a post-patrol account Prien remarked it was "disgustingly light" and that – in his words – "the whole bay is lit up". Here he [Kurowski] wished to commemorate the "meritorious soldier and human being Günther Prien [who is] forgotten neither by the old submariners nor" —and this would have startled most observers in Germany today [in 1995] —"by the young submariners of the Federal German Navy". (1958). [8]Prien applied to the Reichsmarine in January 1933 when he found the navy was offering officer-candidate programs for merchant marine officers. [13] U-47 returned to Kiel on 15 September having sunk a total tonnage of 8,270 GRT. Prien had identified the ship to be a London-class cruiser. This is the VHS release . RELATED TITLES (MAY BE OF INTEREST): Das Boot (1985) (Mini-Series) Das Boot (2018) U-571 (2000) U-235 (2019) Learn more about war movies and series based upon true raids executed during World War II. -Kapitänleutnant - kapitánporučík, v německém námořnictvu Kriegsmarine zkracováno na Kaleu - Günther Prien (Dieter Eppler) se narodil 16. ledna 1908 v Osterfeldu, zahynul 7. března 1941 v severním Atlantiku dílem hlubiných bomb torpédoborce HMS Wolverine. He could be genial among fellow officers but his reputation among subordinates was low. "Wir haben ein Gast an bord!" Two members of the Scapa Flow crew earned the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II: the chief engineer (Leitender Ingenieur) Johann-Friedrich Wessels and 1st watch officer (I. Wachoffizier) Engelbert Endrass. Liers two brothers... See full summary ». Ingeborg Prien later married an Oberstleutnant in the Bundeswehr and changed her name to Inge Sturm-Prien. [11] The sinkings were notable for Prien's use of the deck gun, which was rare. [37], The historian Riederer argues that Sonderunternehmen P (Special Operation P), the codename for the attack on Scapa Flow, was very likely predominantly motivated by Nazi propaganda. It turned out the cruiser was HMS Norfolk which was slightly damaged by the detonation. [77], While at sea, Prien received the message on 21 October that he had been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) the day before. [53], The commander-in-chief U-boats conceded of the U-boat operation, "I doubt whether men have ever had to rely on such a useless weapon. The ship turned away to escape and it took six hits and a fire in her hold full of sulphur to bring it to a stop. While searching for the previous convoy they ran into HX 72. [34], Kept secret by the German naval command was the fact that Prien had fired a total of seven G7e torpedoes at his target; only one from the first salvo hit the target and exploded on the bow, near the anchor chain. Addeddate 2021-03-12 12:02:09 Color color Identifier u_20210312 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 Sound sound . In 1939 German U-boat captain Günther Prien receives orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships. It was transporting hundreds of German and Italian internees to Canada. Note the cameraman on the forward casing and the snorting bull emblem painted on the conning tower. Take a look ahead at some of our most anticipated superhero movies coming in 2021 and beyond. A British Sub goes missing at the end of WWII, leaving only one survivor. View production, box office, & company info. In 1931 he became First mate and attended school for a commission. Prien asked a passing neutral Norwegian ship to take the crew. Bibliography. Dramatisation of the true story of the sinking of the liner Laconia by a German U-boat in 1942 through the eyes of six survivors. [65] The attacks were carried out on the surface in dark Atlantic night during poor weather. [2][9], Prien received his military basic training in the 2nd company in the 2nd department of the standing ship division of the Baltic Sea in Stralsund (16 January 1933 – 31 March 1933). Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien "The Bull of Scapa Flow" can be seen on the conning tower. Nov 6, 2014 - Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, commander of U 47 - 6 July 1940 [31], Prien received the nickname Der Stier von Scapa Flow ("The Bull of Scapa Flow"); the emblem of a snorting bull was painted on the conning tower of U-47 and soon became the emblem of the entire 7th U-boat Flotilla. U-47 returned to Wilhelmshaven again on 29 March, ending this patrol. [69] The U-boats were forced to abandon the attack when a Short Sunderland appeared and they lost contact with the convoy. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The remaining trio were ordered to continue reconnaissance patrols. On this assignment, he was promoted to Oberfähnrich zur See (senior midshipman) on 1 January 1935 and to Leutnant zur See (acting sub-lieutenant) on 1 April 1935. Livraison gratuite (voir cond.). Reviews There are no reviews … [64] His largest victim was Titan, over 9,000 GRT from convoy OA 207. Prien counted three large and three small transport ships, two cruisers, all slightly overlapping—he described it as a "wall of ships". While on manoeuvres to fire his stern torpedo on the surface, he ran aground damaging his starboard diesel engine as he attempted to break free. [95] Prien was portrayed by Werner Klemperer in the 1957 US TV series The Silent Service in the episode, "The U-47 in Scapa Flow". Filmové zpracování. He earned a living dredging fields and digging ditches. The ... See full summary ». Of the 1,400-man crew, 833 were lost. Keywords: WWII, Feature. All but one of the crew were saved. Dönitz was disappointed, it was not the annihilation battle he hoped for. He disregarded Dönitz's idea to pass south of the two blockships and instead sailed between the centre and northern block ship. Rating : 5,5 average.The picture is based on on real events , these are the following : Commander Günther Prien (16 January 1908 – presumed 7 March 1941) was one of the outstanding German U-boat aces of the first part of the Second World War, and the first U-boat commander to win the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Next Post → SHOP WITH US. [14] Prien was recalled by Dönitz to prevent all boats returning simultaneously leaving none on patrol. [56] The merchant had fallen behind. Upon the conclusion of the patrol, which had taken U-47 into the North Atlantic west of the Hebrides, Prien was ordered to the U-boat base at Lorient, in occupied France where it arrived on 26 September 1940. [72], Heinz Rühmann, Hans Brausewetter and Josef Sieber sang a persiflage of the 1939 song "Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern" ("That won't shake a sailor"), written by Michael Jary from the film Paradies der Junggesellen—Bachelor's Paradise, on account of the Oak Leaves presentation to Prien. 12 ships were sunk from the convoy amounting to 77,863 GRT.