Film

Nazi Titanic

2012 · 2h · Documentary · History · War

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

IMDb

7.2

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.

Lee Williams

Narrator (voice)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage)

Rolf Giesen

Self

• Oscar ChanDirector · Writer
• Chris OpenshawDirector of Photography

Release date

April 13, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h

Genres

Documentary, History, War