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The Sinking of the Laconia

Uwe Janson

Ken Duken

Andrew Buchan

Franka Potente

Lindsay Duncan

Brian Cox

Morven Christie

Jacob Matschenz

Frederick Lau

Jorg Malchow

Stefan Rudolf

Matthias Koeberlin

Simon Verhoeven

Thomas Kretschmann

Nikolai Kinski

Jodi Balfour

Nicholas Burns

Ciaran McMenamin

Lenny Wood

Ben Crompton

Matthew Aubrey

Ludovico Fremont

Paul Hilton

Hilary Norrish

Jonathon Young

Alan Bleasdale

The Sinking of the Laconia: Episode 1

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BBC Two - The Sinking of the Laconia, Episode 1

True WWII story. After sinking the Laconia, a U-Boat attempts to save its civilian crew.

Drama telling the true story of the Laconia, sunk on the 12th September 1942 by a German U-Boat, which then surfaced against orders to rescue the women, children and POWs on board.

Part one of a two-part drama. 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.

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After sinking the Laconia, a U-Boat attempts to save the civilian crew.

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

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