Max Gretmann

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov (formerly Poland).

Comic artist Brösel trades a magic pen that helps him come up with funny stories for the promise to fulfill one of Rumpelstiltskin's wishes. The resulting animated films show episodes of the life of Werner, a plumber apprentice and motorbike enthusiast and his friends. They are interspersed with the live-action portions.

第2次世界大戦の1941年。ナチスドイツに占領されたフランスのラ・ロシェルの港から、出撃命令によって出航する潜水艦U96にヴェルナー（ヘルバート・グリューネマイヤー）が乗り込む。ベテランの艦長（ユルゲン・プロフノウ）や乗組員に囲まれながら、荒れた海での過酷な哨戒、次々と爆雷を放ってくる敵駆逐艦との攻防、海の藻くずと化していく敵の姿など、戦争の現実を次々と目の当たりにするヴェルナー。そんな中、U96に新たな命令が下される。