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Titanic is a 1943 German black-and-white film directed by Werner Klingler and Herbert Selpin. The cast includes Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Otto Wernicke, and Claude Farell. Herbert Selpin also served as the screenwriter, with Friedl Behn-Grund as the director of photography. The score was composed by Werner Eisbrenner. The production was handled by UFA and Tobis Filmkunst.
The movie is a propaganda and disaster film set on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Its narrative features characters such as J. Bruce Ismay, John Jacob Astor IV, Madeleine Astor, and Edward Smith. The budget and capital cost were 4000000. The runtime is listed as 88 minutes or 85 minutes. It was distributed by UFA and Netflix via video on demand.
The film has received a review score of 60% and an IMDb rating of 6.1. TMDb lists a vote average of 6.067. Genres associated with the work include Action, Drama, and History. It was released on dates including 1943-01-01, 1943-09-24, 1944-07-14, and 1946-06-21.
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6.1In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the over-spending required to build the largest luxury ship in the world, White Star Line executive Sir Bruce Ismay schemes to reverse the direction of his company's plummeting stock value. Onboard the Titanic, brave German 1st Officer Petersen struggles to convince his self-important British superiors not to overexert the ship's engines.
Cast
- Sybille Schmitz as Sigrid Olinsky
- Hans Nielsen as Offizier Petersen
- Kirsten Heiberg as Gloria
- Karl Schönböck as John Jacob Astor
- Otto Wernicke as Kapitän Edward J. Smith
- Franz Schafheitlin as Hunderson
Themes
- sea
- passenger
- cruise
- iceberg
- titanic
- steamboat
- downfall
- lifeboat
- historical drama
- nazi propaganda
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Titanic
- Genre
- disaster film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Herbert Selpin
- Composer
- Werner Eisbrenner
- Production company
- UFA
- Cinematographer
- Friedl Behn-Grund
- Narrative location
- Atlantic Ocean
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 181423
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1950-02-07
- title
- Titanic
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- set in environment
- ship
- characters
- William McMaster Murdoch
- capital cost
- 4000000
- different from
- Titanic
- review score
- 60%
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