The Sinking of the Laconia(2011)
Overview
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
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Top 10 Billed Cast
Hilda Smith
Werner Hartenstein
Mannesmann
Remmert
Rostau
Fiedler
Thomas Mortimer
Elisabeth Fullwood
Karl Dönitz
Sarah Fullwood
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