Atlantic (film)

Atlantic
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEwald André Dupont
Written byVictor Kendall
Based onThe Berg by Ernest Raymond
Produced byEwald André Dupont
John Maxwell
James Scura
StarringFranklin Dyall
Madeleine Carroll
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Edited byEmile de Ruelle
Music byJohn Reynders
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films (UK)
Columbia Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 15 November 1929 (1929-11-15)
Running time
90 minutes (US)
87 minutes (UK)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (All-Talking)
English
Budget$250,000[1]
Box office$500,000 (est.)[1]

Atlantic (1929) (also known as Titanic: Disaster in the Atlantic for its home video release) is an all-talking sound British drama film directed and produced by Ewald André Dupont and starring Franklin Dyall and Madeleine Carroll.[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ a b "English Making Money". Variety. 17 September 1930. p. 57.
  2. ^ "Atlantic (1929)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ^ British Film Institute: Atlantic
  4. ^ Elsaesser, Thomas (2013). Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary (2nd ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis. p. 377.
  5. ^ Bergfelder, Tim (2008). Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925-1950 (1st ed.). United States: Bergham Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-84545-532-3.