Hans Nielsen, Otto Wernicke, Karl Schönböck

This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the president of the White Star Line, who unwisely pressed the...( read more  read more... ) Titanic's captain (Otto Wernicke) to make the swiftest possible crossing to New York. Interestingly, director Herbert Selpin was arrested by the Gestapo during this film's production, and German censors banned the film for its scenes of panic and terror.

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Unrated, 85 min.

Directed by: Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin

Release Date: November 10, 1943

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DVD Release Date: July 20, 2004

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  • September 10, 2009
    It's hard to judge this movie. It's unabashedly anti-British Nazi propaganda... but it's good Nazi propaganda. It's well made, well shot, and well acted. Completely and absurdly (to the point of almost laughably) historically inaccurate- but that's the reason to watch it. It's wo...( read more)rth watching more for the curiosity factor and historical perspective on the Germans.

    Fascinating to watch from a modern perspective.This film is a huge slam against capitalism- in particular the British/American way of it. (Though not as much American bashing as you'd expect.) There also seems to be a bit of a criticism against the practice of "women and children first" making you believe that the women aboard don't deserve life as much as the men.

    Overall one of the more bizarre propaganda films I've seen and certainaly the most different Titanic re-enactment put on film.
  • August 25, 2009
    i like actor and actress...
  • May 28, 2009
    Wow, Nazi war propaganda of the first water. The Germans argued that the British were bad because they sank their own ship trying to beat a deadline.
  • May 18, 2009
    i like this film very much
  • January 31, 2009
    Prefer the newer version!!!
  • January 10, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • September 2, 2008
    not as big as the other one but still well acted and interesting
  • August 7, 2008
    how many of them are there?!?!?!?!(movies)
  • June 29, 2008
    titanic it is a nice movie i love it
  • June 29, 2008
    not as good as the modern 1998 version

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