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The Sinking of the Laconia
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Title: The Sinking of the Laconia

Release Date: 6 Jan 2011

Runtime: 1h 30m

Genre: Drama, War & Politics

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Production Companies: Talkback Thames, Two Oceans Production, teamWorx

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

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.3 (31 votes)

Cast

  • Hilda Smith: Franka Potente
  • Werner Hartenstein: Ken Duken
  • Mannesmann: Jacob Matschenz
  • Remmert: Stefan Rudolf
  • Rostau: Matthias Koeberlin
  • Fiedler: Frederick Lau
  • Thomas Mortimer: Andrew Buchan
  • Elisabeth Fullwood: Lindsay Duncan
  • Karl Dönitz: Thomas Kretschmann
  • Sarah Fullwood: Jodi Balfour
  • Walter Drexler: Nikolai Kinski
  • Benjamin Coutts: Nicholas Burns
  • Captain Sharp: Brian Cox
  • Laura Ferguson: Morven Christie
  • Harry Townes: Ben Crompton
  • Declan McDermott: Ciarán McMenamin
  • George Steel: David Butler
  • Henry Bates: Paul Hilton
  • Billy Hardacre: Lenny Wood
  • William Williams: Matthew Aubrey
  • Di Giovanni: Ludovico Fremont
  • Mary Bates: Louise Barnes
  • Anthony Bates: Josef du Plessis
  • Charlotte Bates: Rebekah Nathan
  • Quartermaster: Richard Firth
  • Wireless Operator, RMS Laconia: Tom Fairfoot
  • Rudzinski: Lawrence Joffe
  • Weber: Jörg Malkow
  • Dengler: Hermanus Pieters
  • Captain Hathaway: Danny Keogh
  • Lieutenant Lincoln: James Alexander
  • Lieutenant Jackson: Ian Van Der Heyden
  • Captain Richardson: Jannes Eiselen
  • Colonel Ronin: Grant Swanby
  • Harrower: Darron Meyer
  • Perlman: Nicholas Pauling
  • Ches: Charlie Keegan
  • Chuck Bannister: Justin Shaw
  • Coleman: Marius Botha
  • Harro Schacht: Simon Verhoeven
  • Customs Officer: Paul Savage
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