Episode 2

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Episode 2 of 2

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Part two of a two-part drama. U-boat commander Werner Hartenstein has torpedoed the Laconia and mounted an extraordinary rescue operation. U-156's deck is crowded with Allied survivors fished out of the South Atlantic. But in the fog of war confusion reigns and U-156 is spotted by an American bomber which moves in to attack.

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Credits

Hartenstein
Ken Duken
Mortimer
Andrew Buchan
Hilda
Franka Potente
Elizabeth Fullwood
Lindsay Duncan
Mannesmann
Jacob Matschenz
Rostau
Matthias Koeberlin
Fiedler
Frederick Lau
Weber
Jarg Malchow
Remmert
Stefan Rudolf
Schacht, Harro
Simon Verhoeven
Danitz, Admiral
Thomas Kretschmann
Walter Drexler
Nikolai Kinski
Sarah Fullwood
Jodi Balfour
Captain Coutts
Nicholas Burns
Declan McDermott
Ciaran McMenamin
Billy Hardacre
Lenny Wood
Harry Townes
Ben Crompton
William Williams
Matthew Aubrey
Di Giovanni
Ludovico Fremont
Henry Bates
Paul Hilton
Director
Uwe Janson
Producer
Jonathon Young
Producer
Hilary Norrish
Writer
Alan Bleasdale

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