| The Sinking of the Laconia | |
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 UK DVD cover | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Alan Bleasdale |
| Directed by | Uwe Janson |
| Starring | Andrew Buchan Brian Cox Ken Duken Lindsay Duncan Matthias Koeberlin Thomas Kretschmann Frederick Lau Morven Christie Franka Potente Ludovico Fremont |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Germany |
| Original language | English & German |
| No. of episodes | 2x90 minutes |
| Production | |
| Producers | Hilary Norrish Stefan Sasse |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 Das Erste SWR Fernsehen |
| Release | 6 January, BBC2, 21:00 [Part 1] – 7 January 2011, BBC2, 21:00 [Part 2] |
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The Sinking of the Laconia is a two-part television film, first aired on 6 and 7 January 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 with 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.