Germany is on the verge of losing World War II and powerful Nazis and sympathizers from various countries head for South America in a German submarine leaving from Oslo.

The film's narrator is a French doctor who has been kidnapped to tend a sick woman whose husband and lover, a German general, are also on board.

One fanatical Nazi tries to continue the voyage even after Berlin has fallen and orders issued for U-boats to go to the nearest port and surrender.

The doctor ends up alone on the submarine for days, writing an account of his adventure for posterity, until a US Navy ship rescues him and sinks his hated prison.

In 2013, the Cohen Film Collection released The Damned on Blu-ray and DVD in the US,[3] using a restoration carried out by the French distributor, Gaumont.