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Titanic

In this film produced during the Third reich, the tragic 1912 sinking of the "invincible" ocean liner Titanic is used as a vehicle for anti-British propaganda. The maiden voyage of the extravagantly-appointed ship serves only to advance the shadowy speculative interests of Sir Bruce Ismay, the British president of the ocean liner's parent company, the White Star Line. Coveting the "Blue Ribbon" which will raise the stock of the firm and save it from financial ruin, Ismay bribes the Titanic's captain to sail full-speed to New York along the shorter but more perilous northen route, a passage endangered by large ice floes. Aboard the vessel, the stories of various passengers intersect: Lord and Lady Astor, opponents of the President's schemes; Gloria, Ismay's mistress; a young Danish woman believed to be an heiress; a bankrupt lord; a German scholar and his assistant; a couple emigrating to Canada; the captain; his German first officer; and the little manicurist. When the ship collides with the fateful iceberg, each reveals his true character. Scenes of the deadly maritime disaster are imbued with a newsreel-like quality and were incorporated in the 1958 British film, A Night to remember. The film concludes with a heated but essentially ineffectual diatribe by the German first officer against the guilty parties. After viewing the film, Propaganda Minister Goebbels felt the scenes of mass panic were inappropriate for German audiences who were, at the time, being subjected to British bombing. He permitted a foreign release only and the film premiered in Paris in 1943. In late 1949, Germans were allowed to view the film but the Allied powers forbade its showing in West Germany in 1950 due to its anti-British propaganda. Much of the notoriety of the film is also due to the purported "suicide" of its director Herbert Selpin who died under mysterious circumstances in Gestapo custody.

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  • "The tense story of the maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" ocean liner."
  • "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 Titanic. A Tobis production begun in 1942, this production nearly sank as decisively as the doomed ocean liner. The film's director, Herbert Selpin, infuriated with the slow second-unit shooting in the port of Gdynia, was overheard making remarks damning the German army. Reported to the Gestapo, Selpin was arrested and later found hanging in his prison cell, the victim of an arranged "suicide. "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). Technically, this Titanic is an excellent catastrophe film; its shots of the ship sinking were later used by the 1958 British film without credit. Somewhat true to the facts, though peppered with fictional good Germans both on and below deck, in steerage, the film ends with a trial scene that aquits the White Star Line management, followed by a final slide denouncing England's "eternal quest for profit." These packed a powerful propaganda punch; cut from the postwar prints, they have been restored for this version."
  • "German World War II propaganda retelling of the sinking of the Titanic."
  • "Building the Titanic has been a huge financial effort, and White Star Line president Bruce Ismay wants her maiden voyage to hit the headlines. It is at Ismay's urging that Capt. Edward J. Smith pushes for a record speed in their voyage to New York, and that eventually sows the seeds for later disaster. This Titanic features a number of rich, decadent British passengers and a handful of noble German peasants. Ends with the court tribunal acquitting Ismay of any wrong-doing for the sinking of the great ship."
  • "Werner Klinger voltooide deze speelfilm omdat Herbert Selpin 'zelfmoord' had gepleegd, nadat hij tijdens de opnamen was gearresteerd wegens belediging van de Wehrmacht. Anti-Engels getinte reconstructie van de ondergang van de Titanic."
  • "A dramatization of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912."
  • "In this film produced during the Third reich, the tragic 1912 sinking of the "invincible" ocean liner Titanic is used as a vehicle for anti-British propaganda. The maiden voyage of the extravagantly-appointed ship serves only to advance the shadowy speculative interests of Sir Bruce Ismay, the British president of the ocean liner's parent company, the White Star Line. Coveting the "Blue Ribbon" which will raise the stock of the firm and save it from financial ruin, Ismay bribes the Titanic's captain to sail full-speed to New York along the shorter but more perilous northen route, a passage endangered by large ice floes. Aboard the vessel, the stories of various passengers intersect: Lord and Lady Astor, opponents of the President's schemes; Gloria, Ismay's mistress; a young Danish woman believed to be an heiress; a bankrupt lord; a German scholar and his assistant; a couple emigrating to Canada; the captain; his German first officer; and the little manicurist. When the ship collides with the fateful iceberg, each reveals his true character. Scenes of the deadly maritime disaster are imbued with a newsreel-like quality and were incorporated in the 1958 British film, A Night to remember. The film concludes with a heated but essentially ineffectual diatribe by the German first officer against the guilty parties. After viewing the film, Propaganda Minister Goebbels felt the scenes of mass panic were inappropriate for German audiences who were, at the time, being subjected to British bombing. He permitted a foreign release only and the film premiered in Paris in 1943. In late 1949, Germans were allowed to view the film but the Allied powers forbade its showing in West Germany in 1950 due to its anti-British propaganda. Much of the notoriety of the film is also due to the purported "suicide" of its director Herbert Selpin who died under mysterious circumstances in Gestapo custody."@en
  • "La prima traversata del Titanic, il più grande transatlantico del mondo che, dopo una collisione con un iceberg, affondò la notte del 14/4/1912, è raccontata in questo colosso nazionalsocialista dell'UFA sulla base di una sceneggiatura scritta dal regista Selpin con Walter Zerlett-Olfenius. Vi figura un personaggio sconosciuto agli storici: un primo ufficiale tedesco di Marina, asso della navigazione, che dà inutili consigli e avvertimenti agli ignoranti e irresponsabili dirigenti della White Star Line. (Mymovies)."
  • "A dramatization of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Created as a Nazi propaganda film emphasizing the incompetence and corruption of the British. Building the Titanic had been a huge financial effort, and White Star Line president Ismay wanted her maiden voyage to hit the headlines. He urged Captain Smith to make the fastest possible crossing to New York. When the iceberg warning comes in, the captain must ask himself if he is willing to risk the safety of the ship just to please Ismay."

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  • "Foreign films"
  • "DVDs"
  • "Drama"
  • "German language films"
  • "Disaster films"
  • "DVD"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Drammatico (Genere)"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"
  • "Historical films"
  • "German language materials"
  • "Motion pictures"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Video"

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  • "Titanic"
  • "Titanic"@en
  • "Titanic (Motion picture : 1943)"
  • "Titanic : [videorecording]"
  • "Titanic [die während des Zweiten Weltkriegs entstandene deutsche Version vom Untergang der Titanic]"
  • "Titanic director, Herbert Selpin"

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