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The Sinking of the Laconia is a two-part television film, first aired on 6 and 7 January 2011 on BBC Two, about the Laconia incident; the sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Laconia during World War II by a German U-boat, which then, together with three other U-boats and an Italian submarine, rescued the passengers but was in turn attacked by an American bomber.
Original Release
01/05/2011 on BBC
US Release
01/05/2011
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Andrew Buchan | Thomas Mortimer |
Ken Duken | Werner Hartenstein |
Lindsay Duncan | Elisabeth Fullwood |
Thomas Kretschmann | Admiral Dönitz / Karl Dönitz |
Franka Potente | Hilda / Hilda Smith |
Jodi Balfour | Sarah Fullwood |
Nicholas Burns | Captain Benjamin Coutts / Benjamin Coutts |
Jacob Matschenz | Mannesmann |
Ciarán McMenamin | Declan McDermott |
Matthias Koeberlin | Rostau |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | Wednesday, 05 January 2011 |
2 | Episode #1.2 | Friday, 07 January 2011 |
3 | Survivors' Stories | Saturday, 08 January 2011 |
4 | Miranda Hart and Micky Flanagan | Friday, 08 July 2011 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Andrew Buchan | Thomas Mortimer |
Ken Duken | Werner Hartenstein |
Lindsay Duncan | Elisabeth Fullwood |
Thomas Kretschmann | Admiral Dönitz / Karl Dönitz |
Franka Potente | Hilda / Hilda Smith |
Jodi Balfour | Sarah Fullwood |
Nicholas Burns | Captain Benjamin Coutts / Benjamin Coutts |
Jacob Matschenz | Mannesmann |
Ciarán McMenamin | Declan McDermott |
Matthias Koeberlin | Rostau |
Frederick Lau | Fiedler |
Ludovico Fremont | Vincenzo Di Giovanni / Di Giovanni |
Lenny Wood | Billy Hardacre |
Ben Crompton | Harry Townes |
Jörg Malchow | Weber |
Oskar Brown | Waldemar |
Matthew Aubrey | William Williams |
Hermanus Pieters | Dengler |
Paul Hilton | Henry Bates |
Stefan Rudolf | Remmert |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sebastian Werninger | Executive Producer |
Sara Geater | Executive Producer |
Lorraine Heggessey | Executive Producer |
Manfred Hattendorf | Executive Producer |
Carl Bergengren | Executive Producer |
Matthew Read | Executive Producer |
Johnathan Young | Producer |
Jan Mojto | Producer |
Stefan Sasse | Producer |
Oliver Lüer | Producer |
Hilary Norrish | Producer |
David Oldfield | Producer |
Katrin Weigel | Producer |