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In Nacht und Eis
(In Night and Ice)
Also known as Shipwrecked in Icebergs in the USA : [Der Untergang der Titanic]
(1912) Germany
B&W : Short film
Directed by Mime Misu

Cast: Otto Rippert, Anton Ernst Rickert (Ernst Rückert), Waldemar Hecker

Continental Kunstfilm Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production. / Cinematography by Willy Hameister, Emil Schünemann and Viktor Zimmerman. / Premiered August 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first film on the Titanic disaster. A print of the film held by German film collector Horst Lange was made known to the world in February 1998.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Keywords: Sinking of the Titanic (15 April 1912)

Listing updated: 14 May 2018.

References: Website-IMDb; Website-Wikipedia.