Titantic [Blu-ray]

Director: Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin Werner Klingler

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/17/2017
UPC:	0738329225636
Original Release:	1943
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:26:00
Sales rank:	25,620

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Gaylyn Studlar, Co-Editor of Titanic: Anatomy of a Blockbuster; Original 1912 Newsreel; White Star Line promotional film, offering a tour of the Olympic, Titanic's sister ship; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ernst Fritz Furbringer	Actor,Actor
Otto Wernicke	Captain Edward J. Smith
Sybille Schmitz	Actor,Actor
Monika Burg	Hedi, Maniküre
Hans Nielsen	Actor
Charlotte Thiele	Actor
Sepp Rist	Actor
Karl Schoenboeck	Actor
Kirsten Heiberg	Gloria
Franz Schafheitlin	Actor
Claude Farell	Actor
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer	Actor
Theodor Loos	Actor
Hermann Brix	Franz Gruber
Werner Eisbrenner	Composer

Technical Credits

Herbert Selpin

Walter Zerlett-Olfenius

Werner Klingler	Director
Herbert Selpin	Director,Screenwriter
Walter Zerlett-Olfenius	Screenwriter
Willy Reiber	Producer