Plot
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
Cast
as Hilda Smith
as Werner Hartenstein
as Mannesmann
as Remmert
as Rostau
as Fiedler
as Thomas Mortimer
as Elisabeth Fullwood
as Karl Dönitz
as Sarah Fullwood
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
January 6, 2011
Last Aired Date
January 7, 2011
Production Companies
Talkback Thames
Two Oceans Production
teamWorx
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
2
Links
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Reviews
I didn’t find this two-part series to be compelling viewing, and in fact it barely held my attention enough to allow me to finish watching it. I was not offended by the layered character study presented here of a German U-Boat captain who is allowed a thoughtful and human response to learning of the number of civilians on the ship he has sunk, including women and children. It does seemed out of b…