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Captain, you might want to take a look at this.

It seems like they're changing course.

You won.

How about a cigarette?

Action stations. Prepare tubes one and three.

Torpedo depth, four metres. Angle on the bow, zero degrees.

Timed salvo every two seconds.

Prepare tubes one and three for firing.

Torpedo depth, four metres. Angle on the bow, zero degrees.

Timed salvo every two seconds.

Prepare tubes one and three for firing.

Torpedo depth, four metres. Angle on the bow, zero degrees.

Timed salvo every two seconds.

Tubes one and three are prepped.

Wait at the ready.

Ascend to periscope depth.

Surfacing, trim plus five.

- Boat on the surface! - Open up the air intake.

Blow ballast tanks, turn on the blowers.

Diesel suction shafts are open.

- Diesel engines start. - Diesel engines start.

Diesels ready for starting.

- Both ahead on two. - Both ahead on two.

Do you hear that?

The charge of 5,000 mechanical horses.

Fast dive, 25 metres.

- Down. - Close the hatches.

Close bulkhead hatches.

What's that?

Shh!

What, you didn't practice on the other sub?

20 metres.

- 25 metres. - Level her off.

- Heading 90. - Hold 100.

A hundred.

Mm.

That took 45 seconds.

Not bad.

It could be two to three seconds better.

"Our escort has returned to base.

"They wish us successful...hunting."

Please, uh, thank them on behalf of the captain.

"On behalf of Captain Jan Grudziński..."

And on behalf of...

- "..and on behalf of..." - ..all those aboard.

- "..all those aboard..." - ..the ship for the Polish Republic...

"..the ship for the Polish Republic..."

- ..Orzeł. - "..Orzeł."

Great job.

Thank you.

Come in.

Sir, we've reached the northern part of the patrol area.

We've also received our new orders. We are to go to Den Helder and wait.

Sit down.

I don't understand.

We were supposed to go to Skagerrak and wait for a German convoy.

Now I see why they rushed me out of the cinema. Barely had time to pack.

What'd you see?

Krysia took me to see Gone with the Wind.

Dreadfully boring.

You look like you have more to say.

The Germans have moved their entire fleet to Kiel.

The battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau,

and plenty of escort ships.

We'll get them sooner or later...

but it'll be closer from Den Helder.

We have to seize this opportunity.

We'll only surface at night...

to recharge the batteries.

When I learnt that I was serving on the Orzeł, I knew I was in trouble.

Eryk...

I've got new orders.

Change the course.

"Destination: Netherlands." What's the mission?

Plot it out.

Have you seen a Dornier 24, the German flying boat?

No, not yet.

You'll get the chance soon enough. It's a beauty. Looks like a dragonfly.

Hey. But that plane can't catch us on the water, right?

Yes, but only if we're below 20 metres.

Change of watch in 30 minutes.

She's a wonderful ship.

That's right. A miracle of technology.

How you doing, mate?

Warrant Officer Aleksander Kamecki, here to serve.

Officer Cadet Eryk Sopoćko.

- Fresh meat, right? - Fresh as they come.

This machine tells us what we're breathing.

A carbon dioxide reader.

1.5 to 1.8 is good.

2 to 2.5, we're in a daze. Above that, apathy.

And death.

Plus chlorine and hydrogen from the batteries.

That's right.

Thanks for that.

Coming down. We're coming.

Let's go! Right away!

Coming down.

Ready to dive.

Midshipman Klops, reporting.

The door.

Remember back in Jastarnia, when you said you would step aside?

That you wouldn't get in my way?

I might have said that.

You know I'm serious about her.

Well, so am I. What a shame.

The Wehrmacht has reached the English Channel,

cutting off the British and French forces in the north.

The only retreat still remaining to England

- is through the port of Dunkirk. - Dunkirk?

Allied ships have been attacked by German planes.

The destroyer Wessex has been sunk, and the Polish destroyer Burza damaged.

Okay, I'm ready.

Place your bets.

- I'll go ten seconds. - Czopp, ten.

Eight, let's see it.

- Szal says eight. - Three seconds!

- Huh?! - Foterek, three.

- I give him five seconds. - Szubert's got five.

I'll take a guess at 12.

- Twelve! - I'll say 13 seconds.

That's my lucky number anyway.

- Short enough to win. - Klops, 13.

- Aye, aye. - Ready. Just hold on!

Okay, now!

Wait, wait, hold on.

Stop!

- How long was it? - Five seconds. Six tops.

Shit, I've lasted way longer than 15 seconds in bigger storms than this.

Just six seconds.

Six. That means one onion a second, then.

You lost, you chop the onions.

Foterek, this will help.

This is a bad one.

Oh, God, this is...

Here.

Hey, fellas, who wants an orange?

Yeah, here.

Let's get some fresh air.

Barley soup today and tomorrow?

Watch it with that! Don't touch the lid!

Get out of here! What's your problem?

I'm just trying to bring in a little joy here.

Change of watch in 30 minutes.

Bon appétit.

Come in.

Lunch, Chief.

Fish and potatoes, and jelly for dessert.

It's a secret recipe

entrusted to me by your dear mom, Captain.

Thank you.

You make a loop, and then pull the stitch underneath.

This is for my little Ela. She's two months old today.

On October 2nd, my Boguś will turn one.

Ah, so you haven't seen him yet?

Have a good watch.

Hey, take a look at this.

Guys!

♪ The wind

♪ Today, it roars, and the rain feels like tears

♪ Oh, there's

♪ No-one that can be sure where the storm will go... ♪

♪ Boys, our time is now

♪ We can hear the ocean's call

♪ Waves are crashing and colliding

♪ And we're not scared

♪ There's some boys without

♪ Fear. ♪

Bravo, gentlemen!

Poor Fordyce doesn't know our songs.

Have you heard that one before? On your old sub?

Uh, no, sorry.

Pity, you cannot sing with us.

I can try and sing one of my own.

- Yeah, come on. - What?

- What did he say? - Stand up.

He's going to sing one of his own.

♪ Doon on the seabed

♪ Far fae the shore

♪ There lies a pebble

♪ I cast long a'fore

♪ And I made a wish

♪ As it lay in my hand

♪ Bring this lad homeward

♪ For he dreams of land

♪ Rock me to sleep

♪ My lover, my lover

♪ Rock me to sleep

♪ In the arms of the tide

♪ Our lady fair

♪ Well, she shines down from up above

♪ And she'll soon bring me back to your side

♪ Your side

♪ 'Cause my heart's wi' you

♪ No' the tide. ♪

No signal.

Not a living soul.

May I?

Den Helder.

A nice town.

Gdynia is nicer.

Bearing 30 degrees.

It's a wedding.

- Marek? - Let me look.

He looks like my son.

Let me have a look.

We wait.

Tails, you take it.

A memento from my grandfather, an 1863 insurgent.

It's great for when you're sleeping.

If ticking doesn't bother you.

On April the 30th, Major Henryk Dobrzański, alias "Hubal,"

was killed in action near the village of Anielin in central Poland.

He was the commander of the last Polish army unit

still in active combat against the German occupiers.

This piece is dedicated to all the brave Poles

as they continue their struggle.

Leslie.

Leslie!

Listen.

Chopin.

Yeah.

Chopin.

Message for you.

Read it.

"Captain of the Second Fleet to the commander of the Eagle.

"Leave Sector A3 after sunset and go to Sector A1."

An order is in order.

We're departing. Dive 25 metres.

Captain Jan...

it sounds like they're hunting someone.

Strange.

I think I hear weeping.

Crying?

Yes.

People...

..screaming.

It's only steel making that noise.

No...

..that's not steel.

Prepare to surface to periscope depth.

Prepare to surface to periscope depth.

Periscope depth.

Yes, sir. Scope up.

They must have hit a mine.

Survivors. Take her to the surface.

Stop.

Withdraw that order.

- Jan... - I hear screws, 30 degrees starboard.

- How fast? - Range about 1,200 metres.

Bearing 30 degrees.

Range 1,000 metres.

They'll be here in 90 seconds.

Prepare for a crash dive.

Trim minus five. Secure the boat.

- Trim minus five. - Lower scope.

Lower periscope.

We need to get 45 metres below their keel.

Depth, 35 metres. Full ahead on boat.

- Both ahead five. - Depth at 35 metres.

20 metres.

Now at 25 metres.

- 30 metres. - Trim zero, level her off.

Bearings at 90 degrees.

90 degrees.

Second bearing, 60 degrees.

They're coming here.

Bearing 90 degrees.

90 degrees.

I can hear a third. A big one.

Heading to starboard.

They're coming. Brace yourself.

They'll be right above us.

- They got us. - Quiet.

All quiet.

They're quiet.

Now they're sweeping.

Turn off the fans.

Captain Jan...

..the E-boat's going away.

The cutters are still here.

They're waiting.

Only the cutters are left.

We'll blow them away. Let's surface.

We're going to run out of air.

We'll suffocate.

I'd rather be up there and die fighting...

..than suffocate here.

Captain...

..let's go up.

Yes, let's fight.

If we are to die, let us die now.

No time to lose.

It's night-time. We have a chance to sneak away.

There's always time to die.

After we surface, shoot at the searchlights.

Then the second team, on my mark, will put up the smokescreen.

In the meantime, air the boat.

Gunners will provide cover with the Lewis guns.

I'd like to volunteer.

I'm the best shot in the fleet.

Get Sosnowski.

- You're taking charge. - Aye, aye.

Ascend to periscope depth.

Blow ballast tanks. Trim plus five.

Periscope up.

Periscope up.

Close. About 200 to 300 metres.

I can't see the other one.

Battle stations.

Battle stations.

Both electrics, ahead one.

Shoot on my command. Shoot on my command!

They've spotted us! Smokescreen now!

- Fire! - Fire!

- Fire! - Open fire!

Both diesels, ahead on five! Electrics, stop!

Electrics, stop. Both diesels, ahead five.

Electrics, stop. Both diesels, ahead five!

Got her!

Oh, shit.

E-boat incoming!

Let's ram them!

We need to dive!

Mokrski! Crash dive!

Crash dive. Both diesels, stop.

Diesels, stop!

Secure the boat. Fill. the negative tank.

Flood the fin! Hatches, close!

All hands below deck! All hands below deck!

All hands below deck! Get down!

Here.

Where's Jan?!

Captain!

Hurry, Cadet, help me!

Careful!

Both electrics, full speed ahead.

Rudder, 30 degrees starboard.

- Jan. - Sit down.

Medic to the control room now.

Depth?

30 metres.

It'll be okay.

25 metres.

Explosions at 20 metres. Report sea depth.

We're diving too fast.

We have to fix the puncture!

A wedge, damn it! The rivets are coming out!

Give it to him!

- A wedge! - There!

Plug the leak!

There! It's failing! The wedge didn't hold!

The rivet came out!

We're still diving too fast!

35 metres. Sea depth is 50 metres.

40 metres.

- We're slowing. - 41 metres.

42 metres.

There's been a puncture A valve on the starboard bow has gone.

Damage report on tightness of the boat.

Damage report on tightness of the boat.

Number three is tight.

Diesel, tight.

Torpedo room, tight.

The boat's tight.

Where are they?

They're still here, pretending to have left.

Captain?

Are you going to be okay?

There's an oil leak in the diesels.

I'll go.

- Fire! - Foterek!

- Fire blanket! - Aye, aye!

The extinguisher!

Torbus, the extinguisher!

The medic, where is he?!

Get me the medic!

Are you all right?

Report CO2 levels.

Measuring the levels of CO2 in the mess hall.

Above...2%.

How much in here?

About 1.8%.

Should we turn on the fans?

Too noisy.

Lolek.

Calm down. Lolek, stop it.

- Come here, Fritz. - Lolek, quiet!

- Come here, Fritz! - Shh, shh.

Lolek, shh, shh, shh.

Lolek, shh, shh.

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

Leave him alone.

Let go. You're choking him!

Janek, leave him. Let go!

Silence onboard.

Maybe we can fool them.

We take everything we can...

load them into the torpedo tubes and fire away.

Come on, move it.

Tube two is ready for firing.

Come on, you bastards.

Silence onboard.

First bearing, 40 degrees.

Second bearing, 170. Distant third bearing...

at 90 degrees.

They're closing in.

Fire tube two.

Both electrics, ahead on five.

Both electrics, ahead on five.

- Rudder, 30 degrees... - Rudder, 30 degrees starboard.

- Trim, minus two. - Trim, minus two.

We're being pulled down.

Electrics, stop.

Electrics, stop.

They've gone.

The shitheads.

Did they fall for it?

I'm not sure.

One might have stayed behind.

Let's find out.

Silence.

Nothing. Silence.

No bearing.

I want both electrics ahead on two.

Electrics, both ahead two.

- Electrics, stop. - Electrics, stop.

We've stopped.

How much air is left?

Four out of eight cylinders full.

Blow midship ballast tanks to starboard. Half the air.

Blow midship ballast tanks starboard.

Blow midship ballast tanks to port.

We'll try to rock her.

Blow midship ballast tanks port.

There's no movement.

Blow all the tanks. Release all the air.

All of the air?

All of it.

Right electric, ahead two.

Left, back two.

We could lose the screw.

- The batteries are dying. - That's an order.

Right electric, ahead two.

Left back, two.

- Electrics, stop. - Electrics, stop.

Go see what's going on.

Chlorine and hydrogen levels are increasing.

We're all gonna suffocate.

Get your breathing apparatus.

Evacuate. Everyone to the torpedo deck.

Close the bulkhead hatch.

We have to get down below deck. Chlorine levels are increasing.

I'll go down to bridge the batteries.

With what? Your hand?

Staszek, give me the wrench.

You're staying.

I'll go.

It's my job and my duty.

Sir, I'd like to volunteer.

No, not you.

- We may still need a navigator. - So, what, you'll go?

- Stop it. - Captain, we can't lose you either.

Stop.

We need volunteers to repair the battery.

It'll be dangerous.

Midshipman Klops. Count me in.

Able Seaman Paweł Czopp, volunteering!

Petty Officer Torbus, volunteering.

So, who will you take?

Midshipman Klops.

We know each other well.

Klops!

Oh, my God.

Left electric, ahead three.

Left electric, ahead three.

- Electric, stop. - Left, stop.

Right electric, back three.

Right electric, back three.

- Electric, stop. - Right, stop.

Now what?

She's shuffling...

from the back.

Jan, look.

- 40 metres. - We're going up.

- Bow trim, minus four. - Bow, minus four.

- Aft trims, minus three. - Aft, minus three.

Half-fill midship ballast tanks.

35 metres.

Open the vents.

30 metres.

Fill midship ballasts.

Open the vents.

25 metres.

Close all the vents...

and close the ballast flap.

Close the vents. Close the ballast flap.

We can't surface, you hear me? It's daytime.

20 metres.

Come on. Let's go out.

We can't.

Prepare to surface.

Surface battle stations.

Gunners in position.

Don life jackets.

It smells strange.

Fresh air.

Breathe in slowly, so you don't pass out.

Well?

It's great.

My head's spinning.

Fill your lungs with as much as you want.

There's enough for everyone.

Prepare for a crash dive. It's time to go.

Prepare for a crash drive. Let's go.

Thank you.

Get below deck.

Send up the next five.

Jurek.

That night, when she kissed me...

..it was just to make you jealous.

I'll make sure she gets this.

Participating in the partition of Poland

together with the Third Reich,

the Soviet Union is deporting tens of thousands of Poles to Siberia.

The deportees are transported in cattle cars,

with each one loaded with over 50 people.

The terror of the occupying forces is intensifying.

In Łódź, in the J Babiński psychiatric hospital,

the Nazis murdered 500 patients,

also 499 patients in Warta, near Sieradz.

145 villagers were executed in Firlej, near Radom.

The villages of Gałki, Hucisko and Skłoby were burnt to the ground.

What's it mean?

Nothing.

Captain...

..I've just received an order from HQ.

Read it.

"Captain of the Second Fleet,

"at 10:02 hours on the 2nd of June,

"head with all speed at 9am on the 3rd of June

"to the point with coordinates 57 degrees, 00 minutes North,

"04 degrees, 00 minutes East

"to relieve HMS Trident.

"Stay in the sector until June 6th, 10pm.

"During this time, passage to the north is expected of a large German convoy

"which includes the battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst.

"Watch out for a strong escort and air force presence.

"Surface only at night."

Gneisenau and Scharnhorst.

We must be lucky.

A piece of cake. A simple task.

Straight into the lion's mouth.

An order is in order.

And we execute orders.

Skagerrak is a stone's throw from the Baltic Sea.

Maybe it would be good to go home. I've got family to see.

It's already worked once, right?

Then sink the entire Kriegsmarine and go home across the Baltic sea.

Anything else?

Push back the invaders, beat the Nazis.

Not enough of them around.

- We could take on a few more. - All right.

The ship isn't fit for that.

That is a fact...

Captain.

Let's move.

Report battery status.

We can stay submerged for up to three hours, tops.

Gas levels are normal, but the batteries need diesel.

Bearing 30 degrees. Both electrics, ahead two.

30 degrees through a minefield?

- Bearing 30 degrees. - Both electrics, ahead two.

A one-way mission.

Otherwise, we won't catch up.

He just has...

no instinct for survival.

My king.

Join the party in the mess.

Come on.

Have a good watch, then.

Aye, aye.

Gentlemen...

we've been away from home now for over nine months.

To mark this fact, we've received a gift from high command

in the form of two German battleships and some small escorts.

It's our job to intercept them and put them in their place.

And in a few days, we'll return home in glory.

- Rudder, five degrees starboard. - Rudder, five degrees starboard.

- Rudder, two degrees to port. - Rudder, two degrees to port.

- And a touch starboard. - And a touch starboard.

We've made it through.

Ascend to periscope depth.

We're through it.

- Hey, hey, hey! - Cut it out. Cut it out, come on!

Torpedo shots.

Here's to the captain.

Here.

Don't be so greedy, guys. The mummy should have a drink first.

Give it to me.

Oh, I've got a plane at 3:00.

- Plane at 3:00. - Whoa, wait a minute.

I think we have a good plane.

- It might be one of ours. - Crash dive.

Close the hatch! Close the hatch!

Closing hatch.

Hatch!

Close it!

Close the hatch!

We're being pulled down. The stern's taking on water.

What about Piasecki?

- In the tower with Fordyce and Pokrywka. - Surface.

Emergency surfacing.

- The planes won't respond! - Blow the ballasts! Blow the ballasts!

Come back to the controls!

It's empty!

The hatch!

Open the god-damn hatch!

Cut the diesels.

We're done here.

But they still have a chance.

Damage report on tightness of the boat.

All stations, report your damage.

Engine room, report.

Szonak, Roszak, come in.

Forgive me.

Please, forgive me.

Hey.

I can hear them.

Lots of them.

Battleships.

The Gneisenau.

The Scharnhorst.

The whole Reich is closing in.

Captain, we have them.

We should ascend and take a look through the periscope.

The rudders are damaged.

Twist them.

Go on, take us up.

Take us up, damn it.

Now, level her off.

She's levelled off, sir.

Gneisenau, bearing 50 degrees.

Scharnhorst, bearing 100 degrees.

Course 50.

Both electrics, ahead on two.

Flood torpedo tubes...

..one, three and four.

Target course...

zero degrees.

In turn, torpedoes one, three and four.

Prepare to fire...

torpedoes one, three and four.

Fire.

All torpedo tubes, fire.

Do you hear that?

We got her.

We got her.