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The Sinking of the Laconia

Episode 1

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

on BBC Two Scotland

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. Show more

Contributors

Director:
Uwe Janson
Hartenstein:
Ken Duken
Mortimer:
Andrew Buchan
Elizabeth Fullwood:
Lindsay Duncan
Captain Sharp:
Brian Cox
Laura Ferguson:
Morven Christie
Mannesmann:
Jacob Matschenz
Schaht, 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

BBC Two Scotland

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