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Mogadischu

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.

2008 |1h 48m |  Thriller, History, TV Movie

Cast

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Thomas Kretschmann

Captain Jürgen Schumann

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Nadja Uhl

Stewardess Gabriele Dillmann

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Saïd Taghmaoui

Captain Mahmud

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Christian Berkel

Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt

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Herbert Knaup

Ulrich Wegener

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Judith Engel

Monika Schumann

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Valerie Niehaus

Birgitt Röhll

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Jürgen Tarrach

Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski

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Franz Dinda

Peter-Jürgen Boock

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Fahri Yardım

Michael Libal

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Simon Verhoeven

Co-Pilot Jürgen Vietor

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Tobias Licht

Hauptmann Baum

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Till Kretzschmar

Chefpilot Gäbel

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Jan Messutat

Rüdiger von Lutzau

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Jan Henrik Stahlberg

Wolfgang Salewski

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Cornelia Schmaus

Lyvia Vamos

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Youssef Hamid

Wadi Haddad

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Bettina Hoppe

Brigitte Mohnhaupt

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Ralf Dittrich

Heinz Ruhnau

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Mohcine Nadifi

Walbi Harb

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Abdellatif Chaouqi

Scheich Ahmed

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Valerie Niehaus

Birgit Röhll

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Korkmaz Arslan

Übersetzer

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Ralf Dittrich

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Fritz Roth

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Sven Rothkirch

Landshut-Passagier

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Alexander Yassin

Airport Staff - Dubai Airport

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Status

Released

Language

Arabic, English, German

Budget

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