The Sinking of the Laconia (2011)

Directed by

Uwe Janson

Genre

historical drama

Country

Germany, United Kingdom

Runtime

3h

Rated

12

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German U-boat sinks a British ocean liner during World War Two and then rescues the survivors. The film follows the crew and passengers as they face a new attack from an American bomber after the rescue begins.

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What happens

The Sinking of the Laconia is a two-part television film, first aired on 6 and 7 January 2011 on BBC Two, about the Laconia incident; the sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Laconia during World War II by a German U-boat, which then, together with three other U-boats and an Italian submarine, rescued the passengers but was in turn attacked by an American bomber. The film is a British-German co-production, written by Alan Bleasdale, directed by Uwe Janson, and with Andrew Buchan, Brian Cox, Ken Duken, Morven Christie, Lindsay Duncan, Thomas Kretschmann and Franka Potente in the leading roles. It was shot in Cape Town, South Africa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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