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The Sinking of the Laconia

Episode 2

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Part two of a two-part drama. 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. Show less

Contributors

Director:
Uwe Janson
Hartenstein:
Ken Duken
Mortimer:
Andrew Buchan
Elizabeth Fullwood:
Lindsay Duncan
Mannesmann:
Jacob Matschenz
Schacht, Harro:
Simon Verhoeven
Danitz, Admiral:
Thomas Kretschmann
Walter Drexler:
Nikolai Kinski
Sarah Fullwood:
Jodi Balfour
Captain Coutts:
Nicholas Burns
Declan McDermott:
Ciaran McMenamin
Billy Hardacre:
Lenny Wood
Harry Townes:
Ben Crompton
William Williams:
Matthew Aubrey
Di Giovanni:
Ludovico Fremont
Henry Bates:
Paul Hilton
Actor:
Brian Cox

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