Mysterious events are piling up in the oceans around the world: whales destroy boats, deep-sea crabs attack beaches, mussels paralyze container ships. A previously unknown ice worm destabilizes continental slopes in the oceans and triggers tsunamis. A deadly pathogen is spreading from the coasts in drinking water. More and more people in the world are in mortal danger. On the feverish search for the causes of the mysterious phenomena, a small group of international scientists comes together to ultimately realize that what was once deemed unthinkable, has finally become an undeniable certainty. A previously unknown species exists in the great depths of the sea and this swarm intelligence is attacking mankind. But hardly anyone believes the scientists and researchers. And so the group dares to go on a life-threatening mission of their own, within their research vessel. It is that very mission which eventually leads the team into the far, frigid north and the seemingly eternal frosts of the Arctic Ocean. The Swarm, is an ecological thriller based on the international bestselling novel by Frank Schätzing, as well as the most expensive German TV production of all time.
—themoviedb