TV series
The Sinking of the Laconia
Overview
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
Details
- First air date
- 2011-01-06
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 2 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, War & Politics
- Network
- BBC Two
- Production
- Talkback Thames, Two Oceans Production, teamWorx
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Franka Potente as Hilda Smith
- Ken Duken as Werner Hartenstein
- Jacob Matschenz as Mannesmann
- Stefan Rudolf as Remmert
- Matthias Koeberlin as Rostau
- Frederick Lau as Fiedler
- Andrew Buchan as Thomas Mortimer
- Lindsay Duncan as Elisabeth Fullwood
- Thomas Kretschmann as Karl Dönitz
- Jodi Balfour as Sarah Fullwood
- Nikolai Kinski as Walter Drexler
- Nicholas Burns as Benjamin Coutts
Creators and crew
- Hilary Norrish - Producer
- Johnathan Young - Producer
- Uwe Janson - Director
- Alan Bleasdale - Writer
Episodes
Episode 1: Part 1
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.
Episode 2: Part 2
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.
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