The Sinking of the Laconia

★ 6.4•2011•1 Seasons•ANIME

DramaWar & Politics

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

Top Cast

Franka Potente

Hilda Smith

Ken Duken

Werner Hartenstein

Jacob Matschenz

Mannesmann

Stefan Rudolf

Remmert

Matthias Koeberlin

Rostau

Frederick Lau

Fiedler

Andrew Buchan

Thomas Mortimer

Lindsay Duncan

Elisabeth Fullwood

Thomas Kretschmann

Karl Dönitz

Jodi Balfour

Sarah Fullwood

Nikolai Kinski

Walter Drexler

Nicholas Burns

Benjamin Coutts

Brian Cox

Captain Sharp

Morven Christie

Laura Ferguson

Ben Crompton

Harry Townes

Episodes

Season:

1. Part 1

90m

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.

Aired: 1/6/2011