Titanic (1953)

Regisseur:

Jean Negulesco

Drehbuchautoren:

Charles Brackett (written by) and
Walter Reisch (written by) ...

Premierendatum:

16. April 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Historienfilm

Werbezeile:

TITANIC in Emotion...in Spectacle...in Climax...in Cast!

Plot:

Unhappily married and uncomfortable with life among the British upper crust, Julia Sturges takes her two children and boards the Titanic for America...

Plot Keywords:

1910s | Panic | Ship Wreck | Voyage | Child Custody

Filmpreise:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Strangely modern or simply timeless.

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Aug. 1

4:00 AM

AMC

Besetzung

Clifton Webb	...	Richard Ward Sturges
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Julia Sturges
Robert Wagner	...	Gifford "Giff" Rogers
Audrey Dalton	...	Annette Sturges
Thelma Ritter	...	Maude Young
Brian Aherne	...	Capt. Edward John Smith
Richard Basehart	...	George S. Headley
Allyn Joslyn	...	Earl Meeker
James Todd	...	Sandy Comstock
Frances Bergen	...	Madeleine Astor
William Johnstone	...	John Jacob Astor
Christopher Severn	...	Flag messenger
James O'Hara	...	Devlin (lookout)
Charles B. Fitzsimons	...	Chief Officer Wilde (as Charles FitzSimons)
Barry Bernard	...	First Officer Murdock

Alternativ:

Nearer My God to Thee (USA) (working title)
Untergang der Titanic (Österreich) [de]
Untergang der Titanic, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

98 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:12 | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1995) | USA:Approved (PCA #16223) | Germany:6

Firma:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Dies und das:

The poem that Julia reads to Gifford is "When I was one-and-twenty", number XIII by A.E. Housman from his book "A Shropshire Lad".

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The passengers did not stand up on deck and sing a chorus of "Nearer My God To Thee". The band played it on their instruments but passengers were all rushing about. No one stood and sang.

Dialogzitate:

Gifford "Giff" Rogers: If you get a good omlette, who cares whether the chicken likes you or not?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Yard By Yard

Strangely modern or simply timeless.

If you're unfamiliar with Clifton Webb (3 Oscar nominations, 1 Golden Globe award -- all for other work) just think Campbell Scott and you'll not be far off. Webb carries this film. but Ms Stanwyck as his wife, and Robert Wagner and Audrey Dalton as the young couple are all remarkably good. Stanwyck is rarely this on, imhb.

The set up is all about the people, not the ship, and it works because when the iceberg strikes, it's as if we never saw it coming, and now these good folk mean the world to us.

The pacing is superb, and I can assure you that you will wish the film were longer. Never mind the barely adequate sets: they don't slow or offset the action. The B&W photography is strangely modern in the ratio of closeups to long-shots. At least enough of the crowd is constantly moving and filling the screen expertly for us not to notice that the camera is usually stationary.

This film was unusually successful on television. It was one of the first of those shown in the late 50's when the networks began showing prime time full length feature films of fairly recent vintage on weekend nights. It was an event. Who knew television could entertain showing prime time movies?