Torpedo

Torpedo (Also known as 'U-235') is a 2019 Belgian action & war film directed by Sven Huybrechts and starring Koen De Bouw. The film is loosely based on true events. Plot In German-occupied Belgium in 1943, a group of Flemish resistance fighters under the command of Stan (Koen De Bouw) and known for their brutal and bloody attacks on Nazi forces, are tasked with completing a secret mission for the Allies which could help end the war. Kapitein Maes (Vic De Wachter) of the Belgian headquarters in London, instructs them to travel to the Belgian Congo, where a captured German U-boat lies waiting for them. The group arrives to learn that they will operate the U-boat to bring a cargo of Uranium-235 to New York City to be used in the secret Manhattan Project, which will end up creating the nuclear bomb. A captured German U-boat commander named Kapitänleutnant Franz Jäger (Thure Riefenstein) is tasked with training the group of resistance fighters for three weeks to operate the U-boat in return for his freedom so he could see his son again. However, before their training is complete and while the cargo is loaded into the U-boat, German warships near their location to recapture the U-boat, forcing Maes to demand an immediate departure for the US. In the argument Jäger accidentally kills Maes, leaving Stan in charge. The group successfully evade capture, while the group is joined by a French-speaking Congolese worker named Jenga (Rudy Mukendi) who was left behind during the loading of the cargo by his employer when the attack unfolded. The untrained group successfully fight off other attacks from the Kriegsmarine as well as other incidents, including the flooding of the onboard toilet. It is also revealed that Stan was tortured and his wife and baby child were murdered by a Gestapo officer named Kirchbaum (Martin Semmelrogge) after it was revealed that he had hidden a Jewish family in his home, fueling his hatred for the Nazis. However Stan has yet to tell his daughter Nadine (Ella-June Henrard) what has really happened to her mother and baby brother. During the trip, Filip (Joren Seldeslachts) tells Nadine the truth about her family. By that point the group is stopped by a German destroyer. They quickly figure out that the ship's crew don't realise that they are the U-boat that they're looking for, so the group pretends to be German sailors while a boarding party enters the U-boat.