Atlantic (1929) on Netflix
Aboard the liner Atlantic, Heinrich Thomas and his wife Anna celebrate their anniversary at sea. A fellow passenger is having an affair, and midway across the ocean an iceberg strikes.
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Plot summary
This German-language telling was made alongside an English version, the same sets serving both casts in turn, and became the first fully talking film to reach German cinemas, where it was a major hit. Its source is a play, The Berg, which took the Titanic disaster as its subject, and the action unfolds aboard a fictional liner, the Atlantic. Among those aboard are Heinrich Thomas, an author, and his wife Anna, marking their anniversary, along with a man carrying on an affair with a fellow passenger. Partway across the ocean an iceberg strikes the ship and it begins to sink, and word reaches the passengers that three hours remain.
Cast
- Elfriede Borodinas Betty, their daughter
- Philipp Manningas Von Oldenburg, Captain of 'Atlantic'
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Atlantic (1929)
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- The German-language version of Atlantic was the first fully talking film to be released in Germany, and it became a major hit there.
- The German version was shot at the same time as the British one, each scene filmed first in English, then again in German by a German cast on the same sets.
- The story traces back to the 1929 play The Berg by Ernest Raymond, which was itself based on the Titanic disaster.
