Titanic (Film 1943 - ENG SUB)

Titanic is a 1943 German film made during World War II in Berlin by Tobis Productions for UFA, depicting the catastrophic sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912. This was the third German language dramatization of the event, following a silent film released in 1912 just four months after the sinking and the British produced German film Atlantik released in 1929. Audio in German with English subtitles.

The film was commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels with the intent of showing not only the superiority of German filmmaking, but also as a propaganda vehicle which would depict British and American capitalism as being responsible for the disaster. The addition of an entirely fictional heroic German officer, Petersen, to the ship's crew was intended to demonstrate the superior bravery and selflessness of German men as compared to the British officers. The film's original director, Herbert Selpin, was arrested during production after making disparaging comments about the German army and the war in the east. He was found hanged in prison, and the film was completed by Werner Klingler, who was not credited.

The film was the first on the subject which was simply titled Titanic, and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with the true events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of Titanic films.

Cast & Characters:
Hans Nielson as Herr Peterson
Sybille Schmitz as Sigrid Olinsky
Kirsten Heiberg as Gloria
E.F. Fürbringer as Sir Bruce Ismay
Karl Schönböck as John Jacob Astor
Charlotte Thiele as Lady Astor
Otto Wernicke as Captain Edward J. Smith
Franz Schafheitlin as Hunderson
Herbert Tiede as 2nd officer Lightoller
Sepp Rist as Jan
Monika Burg as Maniküre Heidi
Jolly Bohnert as Marcia
Fritz Böttger as Lord Douglas
Hermann Brix as Head of Orchestra Gruber
Lieselott Klinger as Anne
Theodor Loos as Privy Councillor Bergmann
Karl Meixner as Hopkins
Theo Shall as 1st Officer Murdoch