Mogadischu

Synopsis

The incredible true story of Lufthansa Flight 181, which was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in October of 1977, and the noble efforts of stewardess Gabriele Dillmann (Nadja Uhl) to ensure the safety of the terrified passengers throughout the harrowing ordeal. When terrorists sympathetic to the cause of the German Red Army Faction seize control of the flight, German chancellor Helmut Schmidt refuses to negotiate. Meanwhile, terrorist leader "Captain Martyr Mahmud" grows increasingly agitated, and the Yemeni government refuses to let the plane land on their soil. After Captain Schumann (Thomas Kretschmann) makes an emergency landing in the sand, he is brutally executed in front of the passengers by "Captain Martyr Mahmud" (Said Taghmaoui), who then forces the co-pilot to fly the plane to Somolia. Once there, counter terrorism measures quickly get underway as the passengers brace themselves for the worst.

Main Cast

Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Jürgen Schumann

Age : 61 | Popularity : 34%

Nadja Uhl

Stewardess Gabriele Dillmann

Age : 51 | Popularity : 11%

Saïd Taghmaoui

Captain Mahmud

Age : 50 | Popularity : 14%

Christian Berkel

Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt

Age : 66 | Popularity : 10%

Herbert Knaup

Ulrich Wegener

Age : 68 | Popularity : 8%

Judith Engel

Monika Schumann

Age : 54 | Popularity : 6%

Valerie Niehaus

Birgitt Röhll

Age : 49 | Popularity : 6%

Jürgen Tarrach

Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski

Age : 63 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Martin Todsharow
Production	Producer	Gabriela Sperl Nico Hofmann Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan Carl Bergengruen Jürgen Schuster Manfred Hattendorf
Editing	Editor	Bernd Schlegel
Art	Production Design	Michael Köning
Directing	Director	Roland Suso Richter
Camera	Director of Photography	Holly Fink
Writing	Writer	Maurice Philip Remy
Department	Role	Name

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