Where was the " U-96 " based in real life in late 1941 ?
In the film , there is only one ardent Nazi in the crew of 40 , namely the First Watch Officer ( referred to comically in one scene as " Unser Hitlerjugendführer " , " Our Hitler Youth Leader " ) , with the rest of the officers either indifferent or , in the Captain 's case , openly cynical .