The Sinking of the Laconia (2011) Reviews & Ratings

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The Sinking of the Laconia reviews

The Sinking of the Laconia holds a 6.4/10 average from 33 TMDB ratings.

I didn’t find this two-part series to be compelling viewing, and in fact it barely held my attention enough to allow me to finish watching it. I was not offended by the layered character study presented here of a German U-Boat captain who is allowed a thoughtful and human response to learning of the number of civilians on the ship he has sunk, including women and children. It does seemed out of balance with the near…
— Peter McGinn (6/10)

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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