Titanic (1943)
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This dramatic recounting of the disastrous maiden voyage of H.M.S. Titanic was produced in Germany during WWII and features an undertow of anti-British propaganda absent from other versions of the story. The building of the luxurious ocean liner Titantic proves to be a hugely expensive proposition,… More This dramatic recounting of the disastrous maiden voyage of H.M.S. Titanic was produced in Germany during WWII and features an undertow of anti-British propaganda absent from other versions of the story. The building of the luxurious ocean liner Titantic proves to be a hugely expensive proposition, and Sir Bruce Ismay (Ernst Fritz Furbringer), president of White Star Lines, wants to make sure that the ship's first crossing is big news. It is at his urging that Capt. Edward J. Smith (Otto Wernicke) pushes for a record speed in their voyage to New York, sowing the seeds for later disaster. This Titanic features a number of rich, decadent British passengers and a handful noble German peasants. While the film was produced with the participation of the Nazi government, its portrait of a disaster at sea proved to be more depressing than inspiring, and it was pulled from theaters shortly after its initial release, though it has since appeared on television and on home video in Europe. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 10, 1943 Wide
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
A real curiosity, by now richly comic in a gruesome sort of way.
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Jurgen Fauth, JurgenFauth.com
Neither the first nor the best film telling the story of the doomed ocean liner, the 1943 German version is nonetheless fascinating.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
As filmmaking, it's not much to get excited about, but as a curio, it's something else again.
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Jake Euker, Filmcritic.com
A fascinating glimpse into a chapter of film history seldom perused.
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Cast
- Kirsten Heiberg
- Theodor Loos
- Hans Nielsen
- Franz Schafheitlin
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Otto Wernicke
as Captain Edward J. Smith
- Ernst F. Furbringer
- Sepp Rist
- Sibylle Schmitz
- Karl Schoenboeck
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Hermann Brix
as Franz Gruber
