titanic ( 1943 film )
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titanic is a nazi germany black and white film released in 1943. it is mainly a propaganda movie against great britain .
in terms of least accurate films, check the 1943 propaganda titanic film. it flopped at the box office like'' raise the titanic'' .
the entire 1943 german film will be screened at the bfi southbank in london as a part of its titanic season in april .
titanic: the nazis create a mega - budget propaganda film about the ill - fated ship... and then banned it (1943 )
the 1943 german film titanic is essentially nazi propaganda made during world war ii in berlin by tobis productions for ufa. after a brief theatrical run in occupied europe starting in december 1943, the film was banned by propaganda minister joseph goebbels, although he was originally the driving force behind the film .
1943, under the direction of the reich minister of propaganda, dr. joseph goebbels
before james cameron’s 1997 blockbuster titanic, the hollywood titanic of 1953, the 1958 british film a night to remember, and the 1997 broadway musical titanic – there was the nazi german film rms titanic .
in the 1943 film, the blue diamond jewel, like the heart of the ocean, was also an important plot point. the 1943 film jewel had a dramatic impact on a romance between lead characters and symbolized the loss of love and life in the titanic tragedy .
titanic: the nazis create a mega - budget propaganda film about the ill - fated ship... and then banned it (1943) | open culture
neither the first nor the best film telling the story of the doomed ocean liner, the 1943 german version is nonetheless fascinating .
sources: 1. goebbels’ ‘titanic’ cinematic disaster turns 70 (1 oct 2013, times of israel) 2. wikipedia: titanic (1943) 3. internet movie database
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, a 1943 german wartime film commissioned by propaganda minister joseph goebbels that portrays the sinking of the titanic, will be shown on british television for the first time in a new channel 5 documentary airing on tuesday .
vehicle title: first film ever based on the disaster to use the simple title titanic .
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leave it to the nazis to make a titanic film so forgettable i literally forgot i had already seen it until logging the film on letterboxd .
technically, this titanic is an excellent catastrophe film; its shots of the ship sinking were later used by the 1958 british film without credit .
also called der untergang der titanic (the sinking of the titanic). it is a german film dramatizing the events. available in its entirety on youtube .
the rms titanic is: britain’s greatest folly, until the film itself became the third reich’s greatest folly .
til goebbels made an expensive propaganda film' titanic' blaming british greed for the ship' s sinking .
four miniature shots in the film are taken from the german titanic movie made in 1943. sunny daylight shots of the titanic steaming along before the iceberg and a shots of the engine room flooding have been flopped horizontally for use in this film. for a more detailed examination of this have a look at this article on the very comprehensive matte shot blog .
one of nazi germany' s most expensive but least - seen films, 1943' s titanic could almost be retitled the hudsucker nazi, audaciously reworking a tragedy where hundreds of britons ...
til goebbels made an expensive propaganda film' titanic' blaming british greed for the ship' s sinking. : todayilearned
summary: a summary and review of the most significant film adaptations of the titanic story over the last 100 years .
stars actual titanic survivor dorothy gibson and was released one month after the ship went down. considered a lost film .
til that the nazis made their own film about the sinking of the titanic in 1912, for the purposes of propaganda .
this titanic film was created by the german nazi party as anti - allies propaganda. the director changed the historical events in order to make the allies appear foolish. this film was also the first to use the name titanic as a title .
titanic branson store: the titanic museum' s online store sells a heart of the ocean replica necklace priced around $ 100 .
a good german film of amiable relationships in the story line. although, i would say being made in 1943 - at the time of ww2, personally it' s is a personal thing taking the mickey out of the british. . after you can watch briefly different documentaries about real the captain and the crew in english. not one of my favourites - but from the first titanic made in 1929, the 2nd in 1943, titanic barbara stanwick and clifton webb, , in 1953, a night to remember in 1958, sos titanic in 1979 to the last titanic in 1997 hollywood blockbuster, for me enjoy the diffent story lines .
half a century before leonardo dicaprio declared himself “king of the world, ” the nazis produced their own epic “titanic” disaster film .
excellent film. this is the best version of titanic i have ever seen; unlike the romanticized claptrap of hollywood, this film correctly emphasizes the true reasons for the disaster of the titanic: the greed of the upper class aristocracy of the gilded age .
the left frame is one of the most effective miniature shots in the film, shot in daylight with well scaled waves and wake, though looks as if it' s been' borrowed' from the 1943 version made in nazi germany .
class consciousness: this is the main point of the first titanic film to acknowledge there were second class passengers between first and third class .
neither the first nor the best film telling the story of the doomed ocean liner, the 1943 german version is nonetheless fascinating– mainly because of the ways the story and imagery compare to john cameron’s 1997 blockbuster, and as a study in overt propaganda .
quite decent german version of the titanic story, this film was made during the second world war and took liberties with the real events. interesting, and somewhat entertaining, titanic is a film that serves really as a foot note in the long list of titanic tragedy adaptations. to me, this one was a curiosity, and was interesting to watch because it was a german film made during the war. the plot is good and of course i don' t need to recount the tragedy, and the film adds a bit to the real tragedy to make it more interesting. i found the film to be decent at best and thought that a night to remember was the definite titanic film. this…
the idea that the titanic was trying to break the atlantic crossing speed record is a myth that arose well before the making of this film. the titanic was too slow to break that record and everyone knew it .
titanic’s next major appearance on the big screen occurred in 1943 during world war ii in germany, and this was the first film to be named “titanic”. ironically for a british ship, it was used as a vehicle for anti - british propaganda by the third reich, and was the idea of propaganda minister joseph goebbels himself, who also saw it as a lavish escape for german audiences during the war .
titanic [ 1943 ] - ever since the sinking of the sinking of titanic on april 14th 1912, the tragedy has captures the minds of people for over a century. this of course goes without saying for cinema; however the first films about the sinking came out with a space of a few months of the sinking. the first being the lost 1912 film saved from the titanic, which premiered 29 days after the sinking. the second film to deal with the tragedy was the german film in nacht und ice (in night and ice) which premiered in august of 1912. as in poor taste both of these films may seem, another unsettling film about the sinking was made at the height…
gorgeous period dress: like the subsequent titanic films that followed it, the 1943 version showcases the first class female passengers wearing various glamorous gowns, fur coats and stoles, elaborate hats and headdresses, while the male passengers strut around in expensive tailored tuxedos and leisure suits .
my highest praise to kino video for making this important historical film available in a proper dvd release with english subtitles. it’s a must for both the film and titanic buffs out there who think that they’ve seen it all .
titanic directed by herbert selpinwerner klingler (uncredited) screenplay by walter ...
this film is nothing but a nazi propaganda freak show. blatant and awful .
honestly, after i watched this film, i felt like taking a shower .
film (though paramount was brought in to make it a joint venture) .
the next major titanic - related film would appear after the slaughter of the first world war and during the roaring twenties. entitled atlantic, the british - made film was adapted from an on - stage play by ernest raymond called the berg .
clifton webb and harper carter face their fate in 20th century fox' s titanic .
the rms titanic is: one of the major historical events of the 20th century .
a celtic - inspired gem still aboard the titanic after more than a century underwater .
premier exhibitions update: u. k. ’s national maritime museum bids for titanic artifacts
another film named atlantis was released in 1913. in actuality, it was based, not on the titanic disaster, but on a german book of the same name that was written in 1912, a month before the titanic sank. but the sequence of events was so eerily similar, that a myth arose that it was the titanic that provided the inspiration (and norwegian authorities banned the film for that reason) .
. indeed, titanic and a night to remember are the two “must - see” films in titanic filmography, especially for anyone being introduced to the subject for the first time .
side by side frame comparison of the engine room flooding miniature sequence shows that several effects cuts from the 1943 german version of the tragedy were in fact reused for the 1958 british version, usually flopped in the optical printer .
that provided the inspiration (and norwegian authorities banned the film for that reason) .
john merivale (centre) in the film a night to remember (1958) .
not only is titanic ii easily the worse titanic film ever made, it is near the forefront of the running for the worst film ever made. it is in no was a sequel to the james cameron film, although the producers may have been hoping that a few people would have been confused enough to think so and buy a ticket, or more likely rent the dvd, since i doubt this ever got a theatrical release .
dated history: in addition to all the deliberate errors made for propaganda, this film shows the titanic going down in one piece. this was the commonly accepted version of events until the discovery of the wreck in the eighties proved that the titanic broke in half .
the rms titanic has been portrayed on film several times and in different ways over the course of the last 100 years. here’s a summary and review of the more significant ones that have helped to keep titanic, her passengers and crew, and their legacies alive .
kenneth more as the heroic second officer of the rms titanic in a night to remember .
one of four matte shots in titanic, with this being a painted ceiling set extension .
during the first night gala dinner aboard the titanic, ismay stops the ship' s orchestra to proudly announce that titanic is
the safest ship ever built .
hilarity ensues .
titanic.' nearer my god to thee'. original epic finale. (1953 )
in fact there have been numerous films featuring the tragedy of the titanic. within a month of its subject' s demise' saved from the titanic' was released in the usa. a british' talking movie' came out in 1929' atlantic' but didn' t use the name of the ship for legal reasons and in 1943 goebbels produced a film in which tragedy comes after a heroic german officer is ignored. in the fifties, both the uk and us released films with the latter being regarded as the most accurate. 1997' s blockbuster' titanic' was at the time the most expensive film ever made if not, arguably, the best .
in april 1943, the film was banned by the berlin censors for german release because of its terrifying scenes of panic, all too familiar to german civilians undergoing nightly allied bombing raids. after extensive cutting, titanic was released in occupied paris and a few army installations. the film was seen in germany finally in late 1949, but banned a few months later in the western sectors (though not in the soviet zone, because of its unmistakable anti - british - capitalist theme) .
next major appearance on the big screen occurred in 1943 during world war ii in germany, and this was the first film to be named “titanic”. ironically for a british ship, it was used as a vehicle for anti - british propaganda by the third reich, and was the idea of propaganda minister joseph goebbels himself, who also saw it as a lavish escape for german audiences during the war .
nearly 40 years after a night to remember sparked the modern era of titanic interest and enthusiasm, director james cameron created a film that would rival – if not entirely eclipse – the efforts of walter lord and william macquitty, and this would be the second 20 th century fox titanic film (though paramount was brought in to make it a joint venture) .
ernst fritz fürbringer as the evil bruce ismay in the so - called
nazi titanic .
the rms titanic is: a tragedy that brings out the best in even the worst people .
and down she goes with what appears to be a large miniature titanic and motorised row boats .
' nazi titanic: revealed' is on channel 5 on tuesday 6 march at 8. 00pm
foregone conclusion: nazi propaganda or not, it' s still a titanic movie after all .
shown their work: this is actually the first titanic film to portray the incident with the nearby ss californian, a subplot which would be omitted from several subsequent dramatizations of the sinking .
and became the first film to earn more than $ 1 billion at the box office .
the nazis banned “titanic” in germany, though permitted its screening in german - occupied countries. seventy years ago this month, the 85 - minute film had its european premiere – not in berlin, but prague. during 1944, “titanic” was screened throughout europe, and it played well .
the epilogue makes clear that there is no justice for the death caused by the speculating englishman and his american nemesis. the sympathetic characters display more “german” virtues that must have seemed useful to the nazis in 1943: honor, duty, obedience .
since then, the real life disaster has served as a backdrop for romance, a basis for nazi propaganda and cold war drama, and springboard for science fiction. when james cameron’s 1997 film became not only the most expensive, but also the highest - grossing film up to that time, it seemed, despite its heavy fictionalizing, to be the definitive titanic film. yet film after film continues to be released. a new tv series has just been released leading up to the centenary, and there is nothing to indicate that there will not be more films in the future. below is not a comprehensive list of every titanic - related film, but just the major works i have been able to catch in the weeks leading up to the centenary .
hi. i wonder what movie were at least historically accurate about titanic, aside from 1958 version .
this version of the titanic ’s tale is of american creation and features a marriage on the rocks .
thanks so much for giving us this wonderfully in - depth overview of the titanic saga as portrayed on film. i have only seen three of the versions you’ve mentioned: titanic (1953), a night to remember (1958), and titanic (1997). of the three, i would agree with the general consensus that a night to remember was by far the best. however, clifton webb and barbara stanwyck are such actors, i did enjoy the admittedly inaccurate titanic from ’53 .
the film was the first german talkie. vincendeau, “hollywood babel, ” 209, 211 ;
though third reich propaganda films “triumph of the will” and “jew suss” are better known, the nazi “titanic” was more expensive and scandal - plagued than any film in german history to the extent that propaganda minister joseph goebbels eventually banned the film before its maiden voyage in germany 70 years ago this month .
til that joseph goebbels commissioned a nazi propaganda version of
titanic .
it was shown once, after which goebbels banned the film across all of nazi germany, as the film had themes from concentration camps and also had large amounts of violence, which goebbels feared would be ill - received .
historical villain upgrade: bruce ismay, portrayed in this film as responsible for the disaster, when in reality it was captain smith who decided to ignore ice warnings. this is a trope that this film shares in common with the james cameron film and many other films based on the sinking .
for the other 99% who covered it in history class, the 1943 german film titanic covers all the plot points you’d expect. and if you’ve seen james cameron’s 1997 blockbuster, it’s impossible not to compare the two. between the almost - identical sets and a number of repeated moments (e. g. identifying the wealthiest passengers as they enter the room, using an emergency axe to free trapped 3rd class travelers), the similarities are striking. …
james cameron' s titanic appeared in 1997 as the most expensive film ever made. werner klingler and herbert selpin' s titanic appeared in 1943 as the most expensive german film ever made. and the two share even more than their budgets' record - breaking status, their famously
unsinkable
subject, and their title in common: both endured troubled productions, both feature a late scene where their male hero convinces his lover to just get on a lifeboat already, and both set out to make strong statements indeed. the later, american titanic has much to say about the cinematic triumph of late - 20th - century visual effects, whereas the earlier, german titanic takes a more negative tack, mounting an indictment of the supposedly savage avarice and thorough corruption of that country' s bitter wartime enemy, great britain. in its ill - fated titular ship, the huge - scale propaganda film found what must have seemed like the perfectly opulent illustration of its argument .
the premiere was supposed to be in early 1943, but the theatre that housed the answer print was bombed the night before the big event. the film went on to have a lacklustre premiere in paris around christmas of that same year, but in the end, goebbels banned it altogether, stating that the german people, at that point going through almost nightly allied bombing raids, were less than enthusiastic about seeing a film that portrayed mass death and panic .
the premiere was supposed to be in early 1943, but the theatre that housed the answer print was bombed the night before the big event. the film went on to have a lackluster premiere in paris around christmas of that same year, but in the end, goebbels banned it altogether, stating that the german people, at that point going through almost nightly allied bombing raids, were less than enthusiastic about seeing a film that portrayed mass death and panic .
kate winslet dangles of the back of the titanic while leonardo dicaprio convinces her to come back on board .
miniature titanic interiors are flooded and then rear screen projected by rank' s resident process expert charles staffel .
translation convention: in full effect. watching the story of the titanic in german is a little disconcerting .
> > the producers of this film must have been high on german crack or something. < <
another film that causes some consternation within the titanic community is the 1996 cbs miniseries titanic. at four hours long (and broken into two 2 - hour parts shown over two nights), the series stars peter gallagher, catherine zeta - jones, tim curry, and george c. scott as captain smith. the film focused on the intimate relationships between mostly fictional passengers, and followed along three main plot lines .
the 1929 film explored every known detail of titanic, and in fact, was originally supposed to titled as such, but was renamed after threats of lawsuits and strongly worded condemnations from titanic’s owner, the white star line, who was still operating titanic’s identical older sister - ship, olympic (and who in 1873, suffered the loss of one of its first vessels – named atlantic .) they wanted the memory of titanic to fade away, and so did many of the survivors, and the final scene showing the ship sliding beneath the waves was cut out of respect for them. nevertheless, it proved to be popular, and is also notable for being the first titanic - inspired film to incorporate the relatively new technology of sound .
d. w. griffith’s the birth of a nation, a hugely successful and original telling of the story of the civil war and reconstruction, was released in february 1915 when the war in europe was only six months old and still retained some novelty value. it made the fortunes of griffith, its producer and director and the film’s various distributors. in 1917 griffith made intolerance, an equally original cinematic blockbuster but a commercial disaster because the film’s message of the horrors of war were not what the public wanted to hear in the year that the usa joined the war in europe. sometimes, a film’s failure can be just as useful to a historian as a film’s success. a bad film can sometimes tell the historian more than a good film. this course is about film and history, not film aesthetics .
old flame: petersen runs into his russian socialite ex - lover sigrid olinsky on the titanic and they gradually rekindle their relationship as the ship sails towards disaster. this trope tends to frequently pop up in titanic fiction .
biggest inaccuracy: for a film known for its accuracy, it is odd that is starts with a stately woman christening the titanic, a ceremony that the white star line never held for any of its ships .
the film, called simply titanic, features a fictional german hero in the role of the ship' s first officer, and was according to channel 5
one of the most expensive and amibitious movies ever made
at the time. the film used real german marines as extras despite the ongoing war with britain .
in the 3d revamp of titanic, rose and jack appear to be standing 50 feet apart in this scene .
in 1958, british filmmakers surreptitiously incorporated four clips from the movie into their own titanic drama, “a night to remember. ” the footage was not credited, denying the nazi makers of “titanic” even a posthumous artistic victory .
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on its maiden voyage in april 1912, the supposedly unsinkable rms titanic hits an iceberg in the atlantic ocean .
sunset view featuring leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet as jack dawson and rose dewitt bukater on the bow of the “titanic” in the iconic 1997 blockbuster film of the same name. image credit: 20th century fox / paramount pictures
: hopefully it goes without saying that a propaganda film made by nazis isn' t very historically accurate .
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believe it or not, but the first titanic film was released just 29 days after the disaster. entitled saved from the titanic, the éclair company production offered a dramatic retelling of the disaster featuring one of the titanic’s survivors, dorothy gibson, a well - known actress of the day. gibson also helped to write the script, which was based on her own personal experiences aboard the ship, and she wore the same clothes from that fateful night .
mike doyle and sonsee neu look through the gates entrapping third class passengers in the 1996 tv miniseries
titanic .
1936 they can' t even make a propaganda film correctly. silly nazi trix' s are for kids .
very interesting what the nazis did with the story. the acting is good and the film stoke is great also i am glad to have it, but lets not for get this is a propergander film and ...
i got the kino dvd of the german titanic. for titanic history buffs, this dvd is a must! not only does the dvd have the full length german movie with original german dialogue and english subtitles, there is the original german trailer, olympic white star promo film, 1912 newsreel and pages from the german pressbook. robert h. gibbons
this little - known german film retells the true story of the british ocean liner that met a tragic fate. ernst fritz fürbringer plays the president of the white star line, who unwisely pressed the titanic' s captain (otto wernicke) to make the swiftest possible crossing to new york. interestingly, director herbert selpin was arrested by the gestapo during this film' s production, and german censors banned the film for its scenes of panic and terror .
across the atlantic, the book captured the attention of british film producer william macquitty, who as a boy growing up in belfast, had vivid memories of the launching of titanic at the harland & woff shipyard in northern ireland. along with director roy baker, macquitty set about bringing lord’s story to film audiences. with a ready - made script on hand, macquitty wanted this film to focus on the actual events and people, and he brought on lord as an advisor, as well as several titanic survivors, to ensure that he stayed true to what happened that night .
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the only bright spots – if not redeeming qualities – in this film are the scenes of titanic being raised and brought into new york – a dream for any titanic enthusiast – and the music score by john barry, the man behind the james bond theme. there’s also the scene where one of titanic’s surviving crew members (portrayed by sir alec guinness) tells his story to dirk pitt, then gives him the flag of the white star line and requests that he raise it back in its rightful place on the titanic’s flagpole. that, and pitt’s honoring of the request, was very poignant .
it’s also the first american dvd to display swedish - born zarah leander, the regime’s sole international diva and its top - earning star, and the centerpiece of the era’s most financially successful film, rolf hansen’s die grosse liebe (1943). after marlene dietrich refused goebbels’ offer in 1936 to anchor the reich’s film industry, berlin needed a diva to connect with the mass audience, so leander’s shaky command of the german language was overlooked and the regime even consented to pay leander in stable swedish kronor deposited directly into her stockholm bank .
future lovejoy david warner and susan saint james relax on the second class deck in s. o. s. titanic .
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sinking feelings: representing and resisting the titanic disaster in britain, 1914–ca. 1960 | journal of british studies | cambridge core
arguably still the best movie depiction of the titanic disaster to date with miniature work done at pinewood supervised by bill warrington .
a night to remember placed great emphasis on authenticity. the sets were rendered from blueprints of the original ship, and various insiders were consulted during the production, including an officer of the titanic and a commodore of the cunard line. the filmmakers used ingenuity to compensate for a relatively small budget. employment of a 35 - foot (10 - metre) model replica of the ship with footage intercut from a 1943 german propaganda film aided in making the movie a stunning and emotionally riveting experience. it concentrates on the human drama as opposed to the spectacle .
the film ends with madeleine astor telling a woman aboard the carpathia who has told her to keep her faith that “there is no god, he went down with the titanic” and the credits are shown as passenger lists of “perished” and “survived” characters .
of course, there are detractors who criticize the film for its acting, unrealistic plot, and its feature song my heart will go on by celine dion. some people seem to not like it just because it became so popular and successful, with 11 academy awards and becoming the highest - grossing film at the time. within the titanic community, there are those who cringe at the jack - and - rose story and are somewhat annoyed by people who still believe that they are real characters and that the titanic revolved around them. for them, a night to remember will always be the definitive titanic movie .
what exactly happened to the titanic necklace movie prop worn by kate winslet? no one has ever publicly commented on its whereabouts .
ebay: ebay is a good place to look for j. peterman heart of the ocean replicas and other vintage titanic necklaces .
a hundred years ago, the world was awash in songs, poems and paintings about the titanic. and then came movies .
as you know: the film opens with ismay addressing the board of the white star line and explaining a lot of things about the cost overruns of titanic construction and white star line stock price, all things that the board would already have known .
after the war, in 1953 – 41 years after the sinking – hollywood released its first feature - film about the ill - fated liner in the form of 20 th century fox’s titanic, starring clifton webb, barbara stanwyck, and robert wagner .
titanic was re - discovered in 1949, but was quickly banned in most western countries. shortly after the war, the film, dubbed in russian, was screened across the eastern bloc as a “trophy film. ” after the 1950s, titanic went back into obscurity, sometimes showing on german television. in 1992, a censored, low quality vhs copy, was released in germany. this version deleted the strongest propaganda scenes, which immensely watered down its controversial content. finally, in 2005, titanic was completely restored and, for the first time, the uncensored version was released in a special edition dvd by kino video .
despite its popularity, the last known prints of the film were lost in a fire in 1914, and its passing is considered one of the most significant loses of the silent film era. only a few stills and a poster survive today .
this now lost ten - minute silent film premiered on may 14, 1912, just 29 days after the sinking. the éclair film company knew that one of their top stars, dorothy gibson, was on the rms titanic, as they had just recalled her from a european vacation in order to work on a new production in new york. gibson had a hand in the late - night bridge game on sunday evening in the first - class lounge which is so often shown in film adaptations .
there are also some very impressive (for the time) special effects, many of which were used in what is still the best titanic film, 1958’s “a night to remember, ” along with some of the most moving sequences to appear in any film about the tragedy (my favorite is the moment when wireless operator phillips releases his pet canary into the night sky) .
most jarring anachronism: this is most certainly the most thoroughly researched and executed titanic film ever made, and one really has to look into minor details to find errors, such as rose smoking filter cigarettes, which did not become coming till the 1940s .
between the film’s conception and shooting, the tides of war had turned, with the nazis tasting defeat for the first time. germans had little to eat and suffered bombing raids, but “titanic” producers created nine luxury interior sets in berlin for the shoot .
titanic sailed out of southampton, not liverpool as stated in the film. in fact, one of the reasons white star line chose southampton as their main terminal was due to the fact that their newest ships were too big for liverpool' s harbor .
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the famous hope diamond and the blue diamond in the 1943 titanic film inspired cameron' s heart of the ocean necklace. the necklace follows a similar storyline to the hope diamond. both jewels were once possessions of the french king louis xvi. louis xvi wore the hope diamond as a necklace. in the movie, the heart of the ocean was a rare blue diamond that was once worn in louis xvi' s crown. the diamond goes missing after louis xvi' s execution. it is later recovered cut into a heart shape and becomes known as the heart of the ocean .
so as hitler opened his air assault against britain in july of 1940, “titanic” producers set out to smear the brits on celluloid .
borrowed by james cameron: since this is the first titanic film with sound, it is also the first with the ship’s band playing “nearer, my god to thee” as she went down. although the band did indeed play on deck to calm the passengers, the selection of this song is widely regarded to be a legend. the myth had been born before the release of this film. but this film which certainly helped the myth along, as not only the band but every last passenger and crew member on board joins in on the song. most adaptations have followed suit in including the song, and cameron’s film is no exception. since this is the first film to use the song, it could be said that cameron borrowed it from here .
one of the most expensive films ever made (in 1943), it was produced by joesph goebbels, the nazi reich minister for enlightenment and propaganda. with a budget of 4 million reichmarks (100 million pounds) it was going to outshine any hollywood blockbuster. goebbels came up with the idea whilst the battle of britian raged .
in addition, with the korean war raging on, the specter of boys and men losing their lives on titanic was particularly poignant. the film proved popular and successful, and won an academy award for writing original screenplay (now known as best original screenplay .
( 1943), a german re - imagining of the british maritime disaster that was actually produced by the nazi party. in fact, nazi propaganda minister joseph goebbels grew so disgruntled with original director herbert selpin' s political opinions, he had him arrested and murdered during filming! although it was intended as one of the crown jewels of german cinema, this altogether twisted film came to stand as a metaphor for the crumbling of hitler' s brutal regime .
the character franz gruber is very loosely based on wallace hartley, who was also the main violinist of the titanic band. also the character has a similar look as hartley. however while gruber survived the tragedy, hartley died on the titanic in the age of 34 .
country: germany release date: 10 november 1943 director: herbert selpin cast: sybille schmitz, hans nielsen and kirsten heiberg plot: building the titanic has been a huge financial effort, and white star line president ismay wants her maiden voyage to hit the headlines. he urges captain smith to make the fastest possible crossing to new york. when iceberg warnings come in, the captain must ask himself if he is willing to risk the safety of his ship just to please ismay. trivia: director herbert selpin was arrested by the gestapo during this film' s production and later died in his cell .
when doing research for rainer werner fassbinder' s veronika voss, i stumbled upon the life story of doomed ufa actress sybille schmitz, and the seemingly bizarre fact that joseph goebbels commissioned a propaganda film revolving around the sinking of the titanic. nazi germany' s titanic marks the sixth film made about the disaster, and i believe it' s the only one to go the extra mile and feature a heroic german first officer (hans nielsen), as well as an equally heroic ex - russian countess (schmitz). oh, yeah, i think this might also be the first film where the producer had the director murdered during production. maybe ?
robert keser is senior lecturer in cinema studies at the red sea institute of cinematic arts in aqaba, jordan. he has written for the pesaro film festival (italy), the jeonju film festival (south korea), the las palmas international film festival (spain), and the melbourne cinémathèque (australia). he wrote thirty - two entries in defining moments in movies, edited by chris fujiwara, and more of his film writing can be found at senses of cinema, slant, and other publications .
however, the film received bad reviews from critics and became a box office bomb, having earned only $ 7 milion. lord lew grade, who provided financing for the film, later quipped that it would have been cheaper to lower the atlantic. in the end, it offended cussler (to the point that only recently has he given consent to a novel of his being adapted for the big screen), his fans, and it also caught the cold drift from some titanic enthusiasts because it really wasn’t even about titanic .
excellent overview of these films. i watched a number of titanic films (and tv series) for my blog back in april: i agree with your thoughts on most of these, though i personally enjoyed the 1953 titanic as a film even though it doesn’t pay much attention to the historical aspect. i even get a little guilty pleasure out of the 1996 miniseries despite its many, many problems .
a night to remember was instantly recognized as the definitive titanic film, and many still regard it as such. not surprisingly, it would be over two decades before another titanic film was attempted. but the unsinkable molly brown isn’t really a titanic film. the ship doesn’t appear until the last 8 minutes of the two hour plus running time. and we miss most of brown’s heroic behavior—helping other women board lifeboats, keeping them calm in her own lifeboat, and encouraging the lifeboat to go back to pick up people from the water (whether they did so or not is still unclear). this is not even a very good biopic of margaret brown, as it is so highly fictionalized, dropping her efforts for the women’s suffrage movement, and serving more as a vehicle for debbie reynods’ singing .
most jarring anachronism: first class passengers dance to hot jazz music, which didn’t exist until a good 15 years after the titanic sank .
a scene from the nazi ‘titanic, ’ which cost the equivalent of $ 180 million to produce. (photo credit: public domain )
two years after selpin’s untimely demise, his stand - in for the titanic – the navy’s cap arcona – met a similarly brutal fate .
the titanic has been the topic for an assortment of books over the years, some of which can be found in the ccga library .
there was no first officer petersen; inserting a german officer who vainly tries to save the greedy british from their destruction is one of the cruder propaganda elements in film. the first officer of the titanic was named william murdoch, and he went down with the ship .
behind the scenes: the film was long thought lost, until all of the hype over james cameron’s adaptation led to renewed interest in the film, and a german collector found a complete copy in a closet. but apparently the bfi had a partial copy in its archives for decades, so it had never really been “lost. ” in any case, the entire film is available on youtube .
unlike the fox film, the pinewood production doesn' t muck around with subplot and extraneous padding and gets straight to the point, and stays there. here is an almost identical model - process shot to the 1953 film where the iceberg shatters across the deck .
the movie is worth seeing for madeleine astor' s hat alone, to say nothing of the tamest striptease ever put on film .
based on walter lord’s meticulously researched book, the producers of this film did even further research, interviewing other survivors lord wasn’t able to locate, and introducing some performers to the actual survivors they were portraying or bringing in their children as advisers. many minor details, such as a first class passenger who goes back to her cabin to get her lucky wind - up pig but leaves behind her jewelry, are taken directly lord’s interviews. this attention to detail made it the definitive titanic film at the time, and many still consider it as such. it would be another 21 years before another full titanic film was made, not counting the musical biopic the unsinkable molly brown .
of course, this is not really a film about the titanic, but about the titanic ii, a vanity project of a billionaire playboy who decides build an exact duplicate of the doomed titanic, but with state - of - the - art technology hidden behind the vintage exterior. the point to this is to prove that they can overcome the mistakes of past by recreating the maiden voyage of the first titanic without a hitch, thanks to modern technology such as “ice detectors that can pick up an ice cube 500 feet away. ” although supposedly creating a voyage that started at southampton, england, the titanic ii passes by the statue of liberty just after its launch. it is headed for disaster, though, because global warming is causing huge chucks of the arctic shelf to drop off, creating tidal waves carrying icebergs at a speed of 800 miles an hour. that’s faster than the speed of sound, so you know the titanic ii is destined to repeat history .
this film is also notable for being the first film to feature titanic’s designer thomas andrews, who was aboard for the maiden voyage and gave captain smith the diagnosis of his ship’s fate – describing it as a “mathematical certainty. ” another person who made a significant appearance in this film was the feisty denver millionairess molly brown – who more or less took over her lifeboat and organized the women into shifts for taking the oars and rowing the boat, and for this and other actions, became known to history as “the unsinkable molly brown. ”
where live - action shooting couldn’t be done, models and green screen sequences were used with extensive special and digital effects, some of which – such as digital water – were being used for the first time, and indeed, titanic broke new ground in the film industry .
however, i will give this film props for including – rather accurately – the stories of the californian and the carpathia, and the roles they played that night, the role of radio and the radio operators, as well as for being the first film to show the ship breaking in two as she sank (with this being the first major film since the discovery of the wreck in 1985) .
it’s a story of the titanic and it is clear that it influenced the director of the most famous version that goes on for 3 days .
in this episode, named after the celine dion song, balthazar time - travels back to the titanic in order to prevent it from sinking .
this film is riddled with inaccuracies, the most glaring of which is that of the iceberg gashing the ship on its port (left) side, when in fact, the ship collided with the berg on its starboard (right) side. this is basic titanic knowledge, and for the producers to make such a hideous mistake is astonishing on a scale as big as the ship itself. furthermore, the frank drama and de - emphasis on the historical record drags this film down on the list of favorites for many titanic buffs, including yours truly.
titanic is a 1943 german propaganda film made during world war ii in berlin by tobis productions for ufa . despite the fact that a british company had already released a german-language film about the rms titanic in 1929 , 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 show that british and american capitalism was responsible for the disaster . the addition of an entirely fictional heroic german officer 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 speaking out against the nazi regime – he was later found hanged in prison – and the film was completed by werner klingler , who was not credited . although the film had a brief theatrical run in parts of german-occupied europe starting in november 1943 , it was not shown within germany by order of goebbels , who feared that it would weaken the german citizenry 's morale instead of improving it . goebbels later banned the playing of the film entirely , and it did not have a second run . the " nazi titanic " film was the first on the subject which was simply titled titanic , and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with historical personae and events of the sinking ; both conventions went on to become a staple of titanic films . 
titanic is a 1943 german propaganda film made during world war ii in berlin by tobis productions for ufa. despite the fact that a british company had already released a german-language film about the rms titanic in 1929, 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 show that british and american capitalism was responsible for the disaster. the addition of an entirely fictional heroic german officer 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 speaking out against the nazi regime – he was later found hanged in prison – and the film was completed by werner klingler, who was not credited. although the film had a brief theatrical run in parts of german-occupied europe starting in november 1943, it was not shown within germany by order of goebbels, who feared that it would weaken the german citizenry's morale instead of improving it. goebbels later banned the playing of the film entirely, and it did not have a second run. the " nazi titanic " film was the first on the subject which was simply titled titanic, and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with historical personae and events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of titanic films.
titanic is a 1943 german propaganda film made during world war ii in berlin by tobis productions for ufa. despite the fact that a british company had already released a german-language film about the rms titanic in 1929, 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 show that british and american capitalism was responsible for the disaster. the addition of an entirely fictional heroic german officer 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 speaking out against the nazi regime – he was later found hanged in prison – and the film was completed by werner klingler, who was not credited. although the film had a brief theatrical run in parts of german-occupied europe starting in november 1943, it was not shown within germany by order of goebbels, who feared that it would weaken the german citizenry's morale instead of improving it. goebbels later banned the playing of the film entirely, and it did not have a second run. the " nazi titanic " film was the first on the subject which was simply titled titanic, and the first to combine various fictional characters and subplots with historical personae and events of the sinking; both conventions went on to become a staple of titanic films.