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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
Last Episode Aired
2011-01-07
S1E2 — 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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Thirteen
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Billed 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
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