--- title: "The Sinking of the Laconia: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia" cast: 41 crew: 10 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # The Sinking of the Laconia (2011): cast and crew 41 cast and 10 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Franka Potente](https://film.one/person/franka-potente.md) as Hilda Smith (2 episodes) - [Ken Duken](https://film.one/person/ken-duken.md) as Werner Hartenstein (2 episodes) - [Jacob Matschenz](https://film.one/person/jacob-matschenz.md) as Mannesmann (2 episodes) - [Stefan Rudolf](https://film.one/person/stefan-rudolf.md) as Remmert (2 episodes) - [Matthias Koeberlin](https://film.one/person/matthias-koeberlin.md) as Rostau (2 episodes) - [Frederick Lau](https://film.one/person/frederick-lau.md) as Fiedler (2 episodes) - [Andrew Buchan](https://film.one/person/andrew-buchan.md) as Thomas Mortimer (2 episodes) - [Lindsay Duncan](https://film.one/person/lindsay-duncan.md) as Elisabeth Fullwood (2 episodes) - [Thomas Kretschmann](https://film.one/person/thomas-kretschmann.md) as Karl Dönitz (2 episodes) - [Jodi Balfour](https://film.one/person/jodi-balfour.md) as Sarah Fullwood (2 episodes) - [Nikolai Kinski](https://film.one/person/nikolai-kinski.md) as Walter Drexler (2 episodes) - [Nicholas Burns](https://film.one/person/nicholas-burns.md) as Benjamin Coutts (2 episodes) - [Brian Cox](https://film.one/person/brian-cox.md) as Captain Sharp (2 episodes) - [Morven Christie](https://film.one/person/morven-christie.md) as Laura Ferguson (2 episodes) - [Ben Crompton](https://film.one/person/ben-crompton.md) as Harry Townes (2 episodes) - Ciarán McMenamin as Declan McDermott (2 episodes) - David Butler as George Steel (2 episodes) - [Paul Hilton](https://film.one/person/paul-hilton.md) as Henry Bates (2 episodes) - Lenny Wood as Billy Hardacre (2 episodes) - Matthew Aubrey as William Williams (2 episodes) - Ludovico Fremont as Di Giovanni (2 episodes) - Louise Barnes as Mary Bates (2 episodes) - Josef du Plessis as Anthony Bates (2 episodes) - Rebekah Nathan as Charlotte Bates (2 episodes) - Richard Firth as Quartermaster (2 episodes) - Tom Fairfoot as Wireless Operator, RMS Laconia (2 episodes) - Lawrence Joffe as Rudzinski (2 episodes) - Jörg Malkow as Weber (2 episodes) - Hermanus Pieters as Dengler (2 episodes) - Danny Keogh as Captain Hathaway (2 episodes) - James Alexander as Lieutenant Lincoln (2 episodes) - Ian Van Der Heyden as Lieutenant Jackson (2 episodes) - Jannes Eiselen as Captain Richardson (2 episodes) - Grant Swanby as Colonel Ronin (2 episodes) - Darron Meyer as Harrower (2 episodes) - Nicholas Pauling as Perlman (2 episodes) - Charlie Keegan as Ches (2 episodes) - Justin Shaw as Chuck Bannister (2 episodes) - Marius Botha as Coleman (2 episodes) - Simon Verhoeven as Harro Schacht (2 episodes) - Paul Savage as Customs Officer (2 episodes) ## Directing - [Uwe Janson](https://film.one/person/uwe-janson.md): Director (2 episodes) ## Writing - [Alan Bleasdale](https://film.one/person/alan-bleasdale.md): Writer (2 episodes) ## Production - [Hilary Norrish](https://film.one/person/hilary-norrish.md): Producer (2 episodes) - [Johnathan Young](https://film.one/person/johnathan-young.md): Producer (2 episodes) - Matthew Read: Executive Producer (2 episodes) ## Editing - [Tobias Haas](https://film.one/person/tobias-haas.md): Editor (2 episodes) ## Sound and music - [Adrian Johnston](https://film.one/person/adrian-johnston.md): Music (2 episodes) ## Art - [Knut Loewe](https://film.one/person/knut-loewe.md): Production Design (2 episodes) ## Costume and make-up - [Monika Jacobs](https://film.one/person/monika-jacobs.md): Costume Design (2 episodes) ## Crew - Michael Schreitel: Cinematography (2 episodes) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/the-sinking-of-the-laconia.md