

The Sinking of the Laconia
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
Seasons
Cast (41)

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

Brian Cox
Captain Sharp

Morven Christie
Laura Ferguson

Ben Crompton
Harry Townes

Ciarán McMenamin
Declan McDermott

David Butler
George Steel

Paul Hilton
Henry Bates

Lenny Wood
Billy Hardacre

Matthew Aubrey
William Williams

Ludovico Fremont
Di Giovanni

Louise Barnes
Mary Bates

Josef du Plessis
Anthony Bates

Rebekah Nathan
Charlotte Bates

Richard Firth
Quartermaster

Tom Fairfoot
Wireless Operator, RMS Laconia

Lawrence Joffe
Rudzinski

Jörg Malkow
Weber

Hermanus Pieters
Dengler

Danny Keogh
Captain Hathaway

James Alexander
Lieutenant Lincoln

Ian Van Der Heyden
Lieutenant Jackson

Jannes Eiselen
Captain Richardson

Grant Swanby
Colonel Ronin

Darron Meyer
Harrower

Nicholas Pauling
Perlman

Charlie Keegan
Ches

Justin Shaw
Chuck Bannister

Marius Botha
Coleman

Simon Verhoeven
Harro Schacht

Paul Savage
Customs Officer
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