Mogadischu (2008)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 30, 2008Release Date
Mogadischu (2008)
1h 48m
Running Time
November 30, 2008Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Thomas Kretschmann
Kapitän Jürgen Schumann
Nadja Uhl
Stewardess Gabriele Dillmann
Christian Berkel
Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Saïd Taghmaoui
Kapitän Mahmud
Herbert Knaup
Oberstleutnant Ulrich Wegener
Roland Suso Richter
Director
Judith Engel
Monika Schumann
Maurice Philip Remy
Writer
Valerie Niehaus
Birgitt Röhll
Jürgen Tarrach
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski
Carl Bergengruen
Producer
Franz Dinda
Peter-Jürgen Boock
Fahri Yardım
Michael Libal
Nico Hofmann
Producer
Simon Verhoeven
Co-Pilot Jürgen Vietor
Hans-Wolfgang Jurgan
Producer
Tobias Licht
Hauptmann Baum
Till Kretzschmar
Chefpilot Gäbel
Jan Messutat
Rüdiger von Lutzau
Jan Henrik Stahlberg
Wolfgang Salewski
Cornelia Schmaus
Lyvia Vamos
Youssef Hamid
Wadi Haddad
Gernot Kunert
Hanns Martin Schleyer
Bettina Hoppe
Brigitte Mohnhaupt
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 30, 2008
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Filming LocationsMorocco
Genres
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Wiki.
Mogadischu is a 2008 German made-for-TV thriller film chronicling the events surrounding the hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in 1977. Directed by Roland Suso Richter, it was first shown on public broadcasting channel Das Erste on 30 November 2008.