Nazi Titanic

04/13/2012

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2hrs 0min

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Documentary

,History

,War

A FILM TO RIVAL A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION ...BUT THIS ONE IS A TRUE STORY

STORY

During a bizarre chapter of WWII, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels decided to make a movie based on the sinking of the Titanic. This epic film was so large in scale that the Nazis were forced to divert men, material and ships from the war effort in order to complete it. Titanic was filmed aboard cruise ship SS Cap Arcona in the Baltic Sea. The movie’s director Herbert Selpin was arrested by the Gestapo over comments he made about the ship’s crew and he was questioned by Goebbels. Selpin was found dead the next day in his cell. The Gestapo’s verdict was suicide. Titanic never received the impressive premiere that Goebbels intended, being first shown in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1943. We reveal this little known but fascinating story by looking at the making of the film, as well as the fate of the German ship Cap Arcona.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Lee Williams
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Joseph Goebbels
  • Rolf Giesen

    Director

  • Oscar Chan

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • History
  • Blink Films
  • Channel 5

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English