First look image of the fourth season of the Sky Original series "Das Boot”

Filming in Prague and Malta successfully completed

A Bavaria Fiction production for Sky Studios

Directed by Dennis Gansel

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Filming for the fourth season of the award-winning Sky Original series "Das Boot" was completed in Malta last week. Previous cast members Rick Okon ("Tatort"), Franz Dinda ("The Physician"), Florian Panzner ("Dark"), Anna Schudt ("The Sniffles Would Have Been Just Fine"), Pierre Kiwitt ("Lobos sucios”), Johann von Bülow ("Furia"), Rainer Bock ("Better Call Saul") and Ernst Stötzner ("Brecht") are joined by Rosalie Thomass ("The Kangaroo Chronicles”), Wilson Gonzales Ochsenknecht ("Enfant Terrible"), Lara Mandoki ("Leberkäsjunkie"), Stefan Murr ("The Ibiza Affair"), Marco Leonardi ("Cinema Paradiso"), Steffan Rhodri ("Temple"), Benjamin Dilloway ("Dune“), Joshua Collins ("What's Love Got to Do with It?") and Sascha Geršak ("Gladbeck"). Director of the six episodes is Dennis Gansel ("The Wave", "Mechanic – Resurrection"), director of photography is Carlo Jelavic ("Blood Red Sky"). Filming took place in Prague and Malta in German, English and Italian language.

Frank Jastfelder, Director Development Sky Studios: "The story of ‘Das Boot’ continues and this time shifts its settings to Berlin and Italy. In addition to the dramatic escalation of the Second World War, the involvement of the Catholic Church with the Nazi regime is also highlighted, as is the resistance at home by CO Klaus Hoffmann, among others. We are pleased to once again produce the fourth season with Bavaria Fiction, director Dennis Gansel and an exceptional team in front of and behind the camera. Especially in the current political climate, ‘Das Boot’ is a statement against the senselessness of war."

Marcus Ammon, Managing Director Content and Executive Producer "Das Boot", Bavaria Fiction: "An intensive three-month shoot is behind us. We were accompanied on our journey by Sky Studios, Dennis Gansel, our long-time head writers Tony Saint and Colin Teevan, fantastic actors and actresses, our main executive producer Fabian Wolfart and an outstanding team. An anti-war series like ‘Das Boot’ has a special significance in this day and age. The terrible effects of war become glaringly visible though our gripping storylines and multi-layered characters. War knows no winners – that has not changed to this day."

The new season of "Das Boot" is scripted by head writers Colin Teevan, Tony Saint and staff writer Judith Angerbauer. Petra Albert, who was awarded with the German TV Award earlier this month, is the set designer. Executive producers are Marcus Ammon, Jan S. Kaiser, Fabian Wolfart ("The Magic Flute") and Nina Maag from Bavaria Fiction, along with Sky Deutschland’s Nils Hartmann and Frank Jastfelder and Sky Studios’ Jason Simms. Julia Jaensch (Sky), Caroline Fischer and Judith Niemeyer (Bavaria Fiction) act as producers, Sebastian Rybing as line producer.

NBCUniversal Global Distribution will handle international sales of the series on behalf of Sky Studios.

The fourth season of "Das Boot" is coming to Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW in 2023.

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About "Das Boot":
In the fourth season of "Das Boot", the brutal submarine war in the Mediterranean Sea comes to a head, while intrigues and secrets spread through Berlin. Resistance to the Nazis grows within the Kriegsmarine's own ranks. After a shared tragedy, the siblings Klaus (Rick Okon) and Hannie Hoffmann (Rosalie Thomass) find their way back to each other. Both fight for their cause. Klaus has returned to the German Reich from Portugal. As a submarine commander he travels to Naples on a secret mission to change the course of the war. Hannie wants to help the many orphans who have become victims of the war and uncovers infamous machinations of the Nazi Reich.

About Bavaria Fiction:
Bavaria Fiction is one of the most successful production companies in Europe. A subsidiary of Bavaria Film and ZDF Studios, the company is headed by managing directors Marcus Ammon and Jan S. Kaiser and has its headquarters in Munich as well as other locations in Cologne, Stuttgart and Berlin.

With approximately 16,000 on-air minutes every year and productions like “Storm of Love”, “The Rosenheim Cops”, “SOKO Stuttgart” and “Inga Lindström”, Bavaria Fiction programming reaches millions of viewers every week in Germany alone.

In addition to weekly and daily series, movie collections and TV movies, Bavaria Fiction is renowned for ambitious event television including “Dark Woods” and “Der Kaiser” as well as international series such as “Das Boot”, “Arctic Circle” and “Freud”. The Documentaries division specialises in non-fictional productions for the national and international market.

About Sky Deutschland:
Sky Deutschland is one of the leading entertainment providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The program lineup consists of the best live sports, exclusive series, the latest movies, diverse children's programming, exciting documentaries and entertaining shows - many of them Sky Originals. In addition to the free-to-air channel Sky Sport News, viewers can watch the program at home and on the move via Sky Q and Sky WOW. The Sky Q entertainment platform offers everything from a single source: Sky and free TV channels, thousands of movies and series on demand, media libraries, and many other apps. With Sky Ticket, customers can stream series, movies, and live sports flexibly in terms of location and time, and on a monthly cancellation basis. Sky Deutschland, headquartered in Unterföhring near Munich, is part of the Comcast Group and belongs to Europe's leading entertainment group Sky Limited.

About Sky Studios:
Sky Studios is Sky’s original programming arm across Europe.

We develop, produce, commission and fund original drama and scripted comedy for Sky’s 24m customers and beyond. Building on the success of critically-acclaimed Sky Originals including Emmy-winning “Chernobyl”, Bafta-winning “Patrick Melrose” and international hits “Das Boot”, “Riviera” and “Britannia”, Sky Studios is the new creative home of must-see Sky Originals, such as “The Rising”, “Blocco 181” and “Souls”.

We’re an agile Studio, seeking out the best untold stories from new voices while working in creative partnership with today’s best writers, producers and on-screen talent to bring viewers stories they wouldn’t find anywhere else.

With commissioning talent and production capability across the UK, Germany and Italy, we understand local tastes across Europe better than anyone else and have plans to more than double our investment in original content by 2024, fully supported and backed by Comcast NBCUniversal.

We’re also developing a new TV and movie studio, Sky Studios Elstree, which is expected to lead to the creation of over 2,000 new jobs and generate an additional £3 billion of production investment in the UK creative sector in the first five years alone.

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