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A German U-boat stalks the frigid waters of the North Atlantic as its young crew experience the sheer terror and claustrophobic life of a submariner in World War II.

German commander Hauptmann Stransky places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner refuses to lie for him.

A World War II German U-Boat crew have a terrifying patrol mission in the early days of the war.

A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind, creates an undefeated chess program. But the Russian world champ beats Tommy Rosemund's masterwork in a televised match. So the West German mathematician becomes a top chess pro himself, which the West German media boast will prove the superiority of Germany and democracy. The jowly, white-faced Rosemund believes that the entire Red Communist bloc is out to stop him from vanquishing their atheist pretty boy, Stefan Koruga, to become the next Bobby Fischer and a symbol that capitalism is preferable to socialism.

In Hamburg in winter, Gabriele dreams of sunny Australia and her lover who sends her taped messages. Gabriele lives with her parents and is studying marine biology, but at night she works in a peep show to earn the money to go to Australia.

An Australian reporter landing in Hamburg is wrongly considered by the local mob as a hitman and involved in stealing art treasures.

A bustling, mysterious, black-robed burglar drives his mischief. Called the "Japan Phantom", he steals incriminating documents on his forays, burns cash and leaves writings.