About
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
Cast
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
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Part 1
On the 12th September 1942 the Laconia - a cruise ship turned troop ship - was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-156 commanded by Werner Hartenstein. She carried a motley crew of women, children, wounded soldiers and Italian Prisoners of War. Having sunk the ship, Hartenstein should have left them to their uncertain fate in the water, but instead he made the incredible decision to save as many lives as he could. A true story of unexpected gallantry and humanity in the fog of war.
Part 2
U-boat commander Werner Hartenstein has torpedoed the Laconia and mounted an extraordinary rescue operation. U-156's deck is crowded with Allied survivors fished out of the South Atlantic. But in the fog of war confusion reigns and U-156 is spotted by an American bomber which moves in to attack.
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