The Sinking of the Laconia.2of2 (2011, WWII Docudrama)

The Sinking of the Laconia is a two-part television film, first aired on January 6 and 7, 2011 on BBC Two, about the Laconia incident; the sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Laconia during World War II by a German U-boat, which then, together with three other U-boats and an Italian submarine, rescued the passengers but was in turn attacked by an American bomber.

The film is a British-German co-production, written by Alan Bleasdale, directed by Uwe Janson, and starring Andrew Buchan, Brian Cox, Ken Duken, Morven Christie, Lindsay Duncan, Thomas Kretschmann and Franka Potente in the leading roles. It was shot in Cape Town, South Africa.

Alex4History's supplementary notes:
For more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident
About the movie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sinking_of_the_Laconia

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