The Sinking of the Laconia 13 years old

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

Credits

Simon Verhoeven

Harro Schacht

Franka Potente

Hilda Smith

Nicholas Burns

Benjamin Coutts

Thomas Kretschmann

Karl Dönitz

Lindsay Duncan

Elisabeth Fullwood

Danny Keogh

Captain Hathaway

Cast

Name	Character
Simon Verhoeven He was 38 , now 52 years old	as Harro Schacht
Franka Potente She was 36 , now 50 years old	as Hilda Smith
Nicholas Burns He was 34 , now 47 years old	as Benjamin Coutts
Thomas Kretschmann He was 48 , now 62 years old	as Karl Dönitz
Lindsay Duncan She was 60 , now 74 years old	as Elisabeth Fullwood
Danny Keogh He was 62 , 71 years old when he died	as Captain Hathaway
Jacob Matschenz He was 27 , now 40 years old	as Mannesmann
Matthias Koeberlin He was 36 , now 50 years old	as Rostau
Grant Swanby He was 43 , now 57 years old	as Colonel Ronin
Frederick Lau He was 21 , now 35 years old	as Fiedler
Ciarán McMenamin He was 35 , now 49 years old	as Declan McDermott
Ken Duken He was 31 , now 45 years old	as Werner Hartenstein
Ben Crompton He was 37 , now 50 years old	as Harry Townes
Charlie Keegan	as Ches
Louise Barnes She was 36 , now 50 years old	as Mary Bates
Ludovico Fremont He was 28 , now 42 years old	as Di Giovanni
Paul Hilton	as Henry Bates
Jodi Balfour She was 23 , now 37 years old	as Sarah Fullwood
Nikolai Kinski He was 34 , now 48 years old	as Walter Drexler
Morven Christie She was 32 , now 45 years old	as Laura Ferguson
Claudia Winkleman She was 38 , now 52 years old
Stefan Rudolf He was 36 , now 50 years old	as Remmert
Marius Botha	as Coleman
Darron Meyer He was 33 , now 47 years old	as Harrower
Matthew Aubrey He was 13 , now 27 years old	as William Williams
Lawrence Joffe	as Rudzinski
Ian Van Der Heyden	as Lieutenant Jackson
James Alexander He was 242 , 79 years old when he died	as Lieutenant Lincoln
Nicholas Pauling	as Perlman
Brian Cox (actor) He was 64 , now 78 years old	as Captain Sharp

Crew

Name	Job title
Alan Bleasdale Writing He was 64 , now 78 years old	Writer
Alan Bleasdale Writing He was 64 , now 78 years old	Screenstory
Uwe Janson Directing He was 51 , now 65 years old	Director

The Sinking of the Laconia (13 years)

Ended

First Air Date: 2011-01-06
Runtime: [90] minutes
Number of Episodes: 2