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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 ...
- Drama
A historical drama based on the true story of a German U-boat that saved 400 survivors of a sunken British ship in 1942. Watch the episodes, cast, reviews, and trivia of this BAFTA-nominated mini series.
- (1.2K)
- 2011-01-05
- Drama, History, War
- Andrew Buchan, Ken Duken, Lindsay Duncan
The Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British passenger ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 September 1942, during World War II, and a subsequent aerial attack on German and Italian submarines involved in rescue attempts.
This epic two-part drama tells the story of Hilda Smith, a German national fleeing Nazi Germany, Thomas Mortimer, an officer aboard The Laconia, and U-boat Captain Werner Hartenstein, alongside...
Sep 8, 2022 · Watch the first episode of a documentary series about the Laconia, a British liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1942. Learn how the submarine commander made a controversial decision to rescue the survivors.
- 86 min
Aug 7, 2012 · In September 1942, at the height of WWII, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, unaware that it carried more than 2,000 passengers. What followed is a harrowing true...
- 2 min
- 72.7K
- AcornMediaUS
Sep 8, 2022 · U-boat commander Werner Hartenstein has torpedoed the Laconia and then mounted an extraordinary rescue operation. U-156's deck is crowded with Allied survivors fished out of the South Atlantic.
- 85 min
