Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The sinking of the Laconia / a TalkbackThames and TeamWorx production in coproduction with ARD Degeto, SWR, BBC and EOS Entertainmenta written by Alan Bleasdale ; directed by Uwe Janson ; produced by Hilary Norrish.

Publisher, Date:

Silver Spring, MD : Acorn, [2012]

Description:

2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

In September 1942 at the height of the battle for the Atlantic, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, sinking the British ship without knowing that it carried more than 2,000 passengers, many of them civilians. What followed is a harrowing true story of heroism, heartbreak, and unexpected humanity in the midst of the bloodiest conflict in history.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated; contains strong language, violence, and nudity.

Subjects:

Laconia (Steamship : 1921-1942) -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German -- Drama.

Steamboat disasters -- Atlantic Ocean -- Drama.

Genre:

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Television mini-series.

Historical television programs.

War television programs.