The Sinking of the Laconia

The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)


  • Genre: Drama, War & Politics
  • First Air Date: 2011-01-06
  • Last Air Date: 2011-01-07
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 2
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 90 min.
  • Production Company: Talkback Thames
  • Production Country: Germany, United Kingdom
  • Network: BBC Two
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Summary

The true story of the Allied ship Laconia, sunk in WWII by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the civilian crew

  • Keywords: world war ii, historical, naval combat, 1940s, untergang, war, modern warfare, modern history

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    The Sinking of the Laconia Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2011-01-06
    2 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2011-01-06
    2 Episodes

    The Sinking of the Laconia Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Episode 190 min
    Season 1Episode 2Episode 290 min

    • Franka Potente

      as Hilda Smith

    • Ken Duken

      as Werner Hartenstein

    • Jacob Matschenz

      as Mannesmann

    • Stefan Rudolf

      as Remmert

    • Matthias Koeberlin

      as Rostau

    • Frederick Lau

      as Fiedler

    • Andrew Buchan

      as Thomas Mortimer

    • Lindsay Duncan

      as Elisabeth Fullwood

    • Thomas Kretschmann

      as Karl Dönitz

    • Jodi Balfour

      as Sarah Fullwood

    • Nikolai Kinski

      as Walter Drexler

    • Nicholas Burns

      as Benjamin Coutts

    • Brian Cox

      as Captain Sharp

    • Morven Christie

      as Laura Ferguson

    • Ben Crompton

      as Harry Townes

    • Ciarán McMenamin

      as Declan McDermott

    • David Butler

      as George Steel

    • Paul Hilton

      as Henry Bates

    • Lenny Wood

      as Billy Hardacre

    • Matthew Aubrey

      as William Williams

    • Ludovico Fremont

      as Di Giovanni

    • Louise Barnes

      as Mary Bates

    • Josef du Plessis

      as Anthony Bates

    • Rebekah Nathan

      as Charlotte Bates

    • Richard Firth

      as Quartermaster

    • Tom Fairfoot

      as Wireless Operator, RMS Laconia

    • Lawrence Joffe

      as Rudzinski

    • Jörg Malkow

      as Weber

    • Hermanus Pieters

      as Dengler

    • Danny Keogh

      as Captain Hathaway

    • James Alexander

      as Lieutenant Lincoln

    • Ian Van Der Heyden

      as Lieutenant Jackson

    • Jannes Eiselen

      as Captain Richardson

    • Grant Swanby

      as Colonel Ronin

    • Darron Meyer

      as Harrower

    • Nicholas Pauling

      as Perlman

    • Charlie Keegan

      as Ches

    • Justin Shaw

      as Chuck Bannister

    • Marius Botha

      as Coleman

    • Simon Verhoeven

      as Harro Schacht

    • Paul Savage

      as Customs Officer
    Costume & Make-Up Monika Jacobs Costume Design
    Production Johnathan Young Producer
    Production Hilary Norrish Producer
    Sound Adrian Johnston Music
    Crew Michael Schreitel Cinematography
    Art Knut Loewe Production Design
    Editing Tobias Haas Editor

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