MHZ CHOICE UNVEILS OFFICIAL TRAILER, FIRST LOOK PHOTOS AND KEY ART FOR US EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE OF "DAS BOOT" SEASON 2

Season 2 of the Gripping WWII Series Streams August 4 with 2 episodes, then weekly on MHz Choice

"Phenomenally gripping, assured and elegant" - The Wall Street Journal

"A highly entertaining historical thriller" - Screen Rant

"A classy revisiting of the Das Boot universe that retains the claustrophobic doom of [the] classic film while weaving in enough new threads to give it its own identity" - Guardian

Fairfax, VA - July 1, 2026 - Kino Lorber's MHz Choice, the leading streaming service for international dramas and mysteries, has unveiled the official trailer and key art for Season 2 of gripping German WWII drama Das Boot. The second season, which has never been seen in the U.S., premieres with two episodes on August 4, with the remainder of its eight episodes weekly. Premiere dates for Seasons 3 and 4, which have also never been seen in the U.S. before, will be announced at a later date. Das Boot is a Sky original series from NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.

In WWII drama Das Boot, the crew of U612, a German U-boat, embark on their maiden voyage in 1942. Meanwhile, a young woman finds herself caught between the Gestapo and the French Resistance. In its second season, the action takes place across two continents as Klaus Hoffman lands in New York and must navigate the American system and a complex relationship with a Senator's son. The series stars Franz Dinda (Babylon Berlin), Tom Wlaschiha (Game of Thrones), Rick Okon (Tatort), Rainer Bock (Better Call Saul) and Fleur Geffrier (Sea Shadows, Drops of God), along with Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread), and Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men). It was created and written by Tony Saint (Tehran, Lupin) and Johannes Betz (Zero, Tatort) and co-produced by Bavaria Fiction, Sky Deutschland and Sonar Entertainment. Executive producers include Moritz Polter and Jan S. Kaiser for Bavaria Fiction, Marcus Ammon and Frank Jastfelder for Sky Deutschland and Oliver Vogel. The highly lauded series was nominated for eleven German Television Awards, including Best Series, Best Actor (Bester Schauspieler) and Best Actress winner Vicky Krieps.

About MHz Choice and Kino Lorber Media Group

MHz Choice is a subscription streaming service that offers viewers in the U.S. and Canada access to a library of over 6,000 hours of international television series, including some of the best mysteries, thrillers and dramas, all subtitled in English, with some available dubbed as well. Popular, world-class series include Babylon Berlin, A French Village, The Art of Crime, The Killing, The Bridge, Murder In... and more. MHz Choice is available as a direct-to-consumer standalone service available on the web, and on all major smart TVs and streaming devices, including Samsung TVs, Vizio TVs, FireTV, AppleTV, Roku and others. The service is also available through Amazon Prime Video Channels, Comcast Xfinity X1 and The Roku Channel. Select MHz content may also be streamed on its free FAST channel MHz Mysteries, available on Amazon Live TV, Samsung TV Plus and Plex. Newcomers to MHz Choice are offered a free 7-Day Trial. For more information, go to mhzchoice.com.

MHz Choice, now in its 10th year, is part of Kino Lorber Media Group (KLMG), which acquires and presents more international content than any other independent media company in the U.S. each year. KLMG also includes Kino Lorber Films, which recently garnered the 2026 Oscar(R) for Best Documentary Feature for Mr. Nobody Against Putin, with 16 Academy Award(R) nominations for its films since the year 2000. Led by Chairman and CEO Richard Lorber, the company also includes the Kino Film Collection, now the fastest-growing subscription service for film lovers, showcasing new releases direct from theaters plus curated, award-winning international, indie, and documentary films and newly restored classics from the Kino Lorber Films library. Additionally, the company brings hundreds of titles annually to the home entertainment and educational markets through digital and physical media releases.

About NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution

NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution is responsible for the licensing and distribution of NBCUniversal's film and TV content to paid and free services across all linear and streaming platforms in the U.S., Canada and in over 200 territories internationally. NBCUniversal's content portfolio includes a vast and diverse library of more than 6,500 feature films and 170,000 television episodes, including current and classic titles, non-scripted programming, kids, sports, news, long-form and short-form programming from Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Universal Television, UCP, Universal International Studios, Sky, Universal Television Alternative Studio, NBC Late Night properties, DreamWorks Animation, Universal Pictures Content Group, Telemundo, and more, as well as locally produced content from around the world. NBC Global TV Distribution is a division of Comcast NBCUniversal.