ATLANTIC (1929)Franklin Dyall, Madeleine Carroll & John Stuart | Drama | B&W | Golden Age Film

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Atlantic (also known as Titanic: Disaster in the Atlantic for its home video release) is 1929 an all-talking sound British drama film directed and produced by Ewald André Dupont and starring Franklin Dyall and Madeleine Carroll. Originally, two versions were made: the English and German-language version Atlantik were shot simultaneously. Subsequently, the production of a French version (Atlantis) began in spring 1930 using different footage and partially an altered storyline with a different director. The fourth version was released as a silent film. The story was taken from the West End play The Berg by Ernest Raymond. It was one of the most expensive films of 1929.

Synopsis

Atlantic is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic and set aboard a fictional ship, called the Atlantic. The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlantic strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic. A shortage of lifeboats causes the crew to only allow women and children in (though the captain allows a few men to take to the last remaining boats as the disaster reaches its zenith) and many couples are separated. Mrs. Rool refuses to leave her husband, and after the boats are gone all the passengers gather in the lounge and sing "Nearer, My God, to Thee" as the Atlantic sinks into the ocean. The final scenes depict a group of passengers saying the Lord's Prayer in a flooding lounge. The Lounge floods as the ship goes under water, and the lights go out.

Cast & Crew

Franklin Dyall as John Rool
Madeleine Carroll as Monica
John Stuart as Lawrence
Ellaline Terriss as Alice Rool
Monty Banks as Dandy
Donald Calthrop as Pointer
John Longden as Lanchester
Arthur Hardy as Maj Boldy
Helen Haye as Clara Tate-Hughes
D.A. Clarke-Smith as Freddie Tate-Hughes
Joan Barry as Betty Tate-Hughes
Francis Lister as Padre
Sydney Lynn as Captain Collins
Syd Crossley as telegraphist
Dino Galvani as steward
Danny Green as passenger
Fanny Wright as passenger