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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.

Top Cast

  • Thomas Kretschmann

    Thomas Kretschmann

    Captain Jürgen Schumann

  • Nadja Uhl

    Nadja Uhl

    Stewardess Gabriele Dillmann

  • Saïd Taghmaoui

    Saïd Taghmaoui

    Captain Mahmud

  • Christian Berkel

    Christian Berkel

    Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt

  • Herbert Knaup

    Herbert Knaup

    Ulrich Wegener

  • Judith Engel

    Judith Engel

    Monika Schumann

  • Valerie Niehaus

    Valerie Niehaus

    Birgitt Röhll

  • Jürgen Tarrach

    Jürgen Tarrach

    Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski

  • Franz Dinda

    Franz Dinda

    Peter-Jürgen Boock

Overview

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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