Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

Captain Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock was the Captain of U-96. He is also one of the main characters of the U-Boat Parodies.

In the Parodies
In the original U-Boat parodies, Captain Willenbrock was the only character who really stood out from the cast, though as in the movie Das Boot, he was not identified by name. He was first identified by his name in the video "Captain Willenbrock tries to improve the U-Boat Parodies", which also marked the introduction of Lt. Werner.

Much like in the film, Willenbrock is a good-natured officer who clearly does not agree with the ideology of the Nazi Party. Ironically, his counterpart is in fact Adolf Hitler himself, though only in terms of his position as a leader. Unlike Hitler, Willenbrock is much calmer and not known to engage in rants when given bad news. Also, unlike Hitler, Willenbrock has occasionally succeeded in his schemes, most notably in that he was the only person in the German army to actually emerge victorious in a battle against the United Bieber Fever Alliance.