The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of the German Red Army Faction seize control of the flight, German chancellor Helmut Schmidt refuses to negotiate. Meanwhile, terrorist leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud" grows increasingly agitated, and the Yemeni government refuses to let the plane land on their soil. After Captain Schumann (Thomas Kretschmann) makes an emergency landing in the sand, he is brutally executed in front of the passengers by "Captain Martyr Mahmud" (Said Taghmaoui), who then forces the co-pilot to fly the plane to Somolia. Once there, counter terrorism measures quickly get underway as the passengers brace themselves for the worst.
Credits
Mogadischu Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Simon Verhoeven
He was 36, now 52 years old
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as Co-Pilot Jürgen Vietor |
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Saïd Taghmaoui
He was 35, now 51 years old
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as Captain Mahmud |
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Thomas Kretschmann
He was 46, now 62 years old
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as Captain Jürgen Schumann |
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Herbert Knaup
He was 52, now 68 years old
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as Ulrich Wegener |
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Judith Engel
She was 39, now 55 years old
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as Monika Schumann |
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Fahri Yardım
He was 28, now 44 years old
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as Michael Libal |
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Jürgen Tarrach
He was 47, now 64 years old
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as Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski |
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Nadja Uhl
She was 36, now 52 years old
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as Stewardess Gabriele Dillmann |
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Jan Messutat
He was 37, now 53 years old
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as Rüdiger von Lutzau |
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Jan Henrik Stahlberg
He was 37, now 54 years old
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as Wolfgang Salewski |
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Valerie Niehaus
She was 34, now 50 years old
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as Birgitt Röhll |
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Ralf Dittrich
He was 59, now 75 years old
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as Heinz Ruhnau |
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Cornelia Schmaus
She was 62, now 78 years old
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as Lyvia Vamos |
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Christian Berkel
He was 51, now 67 years old
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as Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt |
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Tobias Licht
He was 30, now 47 years old
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as Hauptmann Baum |
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Franz Dinda
He was 25, now 41 years old
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as Peter-Jürgen Boock |
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Youssef Hamid
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as Wadi Haddad |
Mogadischu Crew
