Germany. 1940. Hitler has ordered his U-boats to starve Britain into submission, and Commander Kurt Reinhard has answered the call -- so successfully he is now known as the "Lion of the Atlantic." Only his son Karl suspects that his father's devotion to the regime is not what it should be. But can a boy raised by the Hitler Youth reconcile loyalty to the Führer with love for a father who longs to turn his back on war?
Germany. 1940. Hitler has ordered his U-boats to starve Britain into submission, and Commander Kurt Reinhard has answered the call -- so successfully he is now known as the "Lion of the Atlantic." Only his son Karl suspects that his father's devotion to the regime is not what it should be. But can a boy raised by the Hitler Youth reconcile loyalty to the Führer with love for a father who longs to turn his back on war?