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TMDb
6.5
Mogadischu
PG
30 Nov 2008
1 hr 48 mins
Thriller
History
TV Movie
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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Captain Jürgen Schumann
Stewardess Gabriele Dillmann
Captain Mahmud
Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt
Ulrich Wegener
Monika Schumann
Birgitt Röhll
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski
Peter-Jürgen Boock
Michael Libal
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