Titanic
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Quelle: Murnau-Stiftung, DIF
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Synopsis
A film about the most known ship disaster of the 20th century. To jack up the stock price of his company, the president of the shipping line, Sir Ismay, tells his captain to make the travel from London to New York in a record time, neglecting the dangers of the Arctic Ocean that is lined with icebergs. While all travellers are in constant danger, several big and small dramas are happening on board. There are the young Danish woman Sigrid Oole who has wrongfully made a big fortune, or Lord and Lady Astor who turn out to be business adversaries of Sir Ismay. Furthermore, there are the German scholar Bergmann, an emigrant couple, and a little manicurist – they all are going to face an unforeseen situation, and the ship disaster is going to reveal everyone′s true colours.
Credits
| Director: | Herbert Selpin (Bis zu seiner Verhaftung), Werner Klingler (beendet) |
| Screenplay: | Herbert Selpin, Walter Zerlett-Olfenius |
| Director of photography: | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Editing: | Friedel Buckow |
| Music: | Werner Eisbrenner |
| Cast: | |
| Ernst Fritz Fürbringer | Sir Bruce Ismay |
| Kirsten Heiberg | Gloria |
| Theodor Loos | Geheimrat Bergmann |
| Hans Nielsen | 1. Offizier Petersen |
| Sybille Schmitz | Sigrid Olinsky |
| Karl Schönböck | Lord Astor |
| Otto Wernicke | Kapitän Smith |
| Hermann Brix | Kapellmeister Gruber |
| Monika Burg | Maniküre Hedi |
| Fritz Genschow | Landarbeiter Henry |
| Production company: | Tobis-Filmkunst GmbH (Berlin) (Herstellungsgruppe Willy Reiber) |
All Credits
| Director: | Herbert Selpin (Bis zu seiner Verhaftung), Werner Klingler (beendet) |
| Assistant director: | Erich Frisch |
| Dialogue editor: | Walter Zerlett-Olfenius |
| Script supervisor: | Hansi Köck |
| Screenplay: | Herbert Selpin, Walter Zerlett-Olfenius |
| Original story: | Harald Bratt (Entwurf) |
| Director of photography: | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Optical effects: | Ernst Kunstmann |
| Still photography: | Karl Ewald |
| Production design: | Fritz Maurischat (Gesamtausstattung), Robert A. Dietrich, Fritz Lück, August Herrmann |
| Costume design: | Max von Formacher |
| Editing: | Friedel Buckow |
| Sound: | Adolf Jansen |
| Music: | Werner Eisbrenner |
| Cast: | |
| Ernst Fritz Fürbringer | Sir Bruce Ismay |
| Kirsten Heiberg | Gloria |
| Theodor Loos | Geheimrat Bergmann |
| Hans Nielsen | 1. Offizier Petersen |
| Sybille Schmitz | Sigrid Olinsky |
| Karl Schönböck | Lord Astor |
| Otto Wernicke | Kapitän Smith |
| Hermann Brix | Kapellmeister Gruber |
| Monika Burg | Maniküre Hedi |
| Fritz Genschow | Landarbeiter Henry |
| Production company: | Tobis-Filmkunst GmbH (Berlin) (Herstellungsgruppe Willy Reiber) |
| Unit production manager: | Willy Reiber |
| Location manager: | Fritz Schwarz |
| Shoot: | 12.03.1942-10.1942: Jofa-Studios Berlin, Gotenhafen (Ostsee), auf der Ostsee |
| Original distributor: | Deutsche Filmvertriebs GmbH (DFV) (Berlin) |
| Length: | 2467 m, 90 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,37 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm |
| Rating: | Zensur (DE): 30.04.1943, B.58938, Jugendverbot. nur für das Ausland freigegeben; Zensur (DE): 09.11.1943, Aufführung im Reichsgebiet verboten |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (FR): 10.11.1943, Paris; Erstaufführung (DE): 02.1950, Stuttgart |
Titles
| Originaltitel (DE) Titanic |
Versions
Original | |
| Length: | 2467 m, 90 min |
| Format: | 35mm, 1:1,37 |
| Picture/Sound: | s/w, Tobis-Klangfilm |
| Rating: | Zensur (DE): 30.04.1943, B.58938, Jugendverbot. nur für das Ausland freigegeben; Zensur (DE): 09.11.1943, Aufführung im Reichsgebiet verboten |
| Screening: | Uraufführung (FR): 10.11.1943, Paris; Erstaufführung (DE): 02.1950, Stuttgart |
Prüffassung | |
| Length: | 2414 m, 88 min |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 16.07.1997, 00659 [5. FSK-Prüfung] |
| Length: | 2339 m |
| Rating: | FSK-Prüfung (DE): 05.05.1955, 00659 [2. FSK-Prüfung]; FSK-Prüfung (DE): 19.12.1949, 00659, Jugendfrei; Alliierte Hohe Kommission: 29.03.1950 |
Awards
| 1943 |
| Prädikat „künstlerisch wertvoll“ |
| Prädikat „staatspolitisch wertvoll“ |
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