The Sinking of the Laconia

January. 06,2011      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Two-part drama based on 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

Franka Potente as  Hilda
Brian Cox as  Captain Sharp
Thomas Kretschmann as  Admiral Dönitz
Matthias Koeberlin as  Leitender Ingenieur Rostau
Ken Duken as  Werner Hartenstein
Frederick Lau as  Funkgast Fiedler
Nikolai Kinski as  Walter Drexler
Andrew Buchan as  Thomas Mortimer

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