The Unsinkable Titanic

Nov 3, 2008

1h 14m

★ 5.4

Overview

On April 10, 1912, the RMS Titanic embarked on its maiden voyage, sailing from Southampton, England, to New York City. One of the largest and most luxurious passenger liners at the time, the Titanic was also equipped with watertight compartments, which led many to consider the ship unsinkable; an anonymous deckhand famously claimed that “God himself could not sink this ship.” On April 14, however, the ship struck an iceberg, and early the next day it sank. Some 1,500 people perished.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Handel Productions

Pioneer Productions

The Unsinkable Titanic Trailers

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Cast

Narrator

Sean Pertwee

Captain Edward Smith

Malcolm Tierney

Bruce Ismay

Mark Tandy

Charles Lightoller

Darrell D'Silva

Attorney General Sir Rufus Isaacs

Dominic Jephcott

Harold Bride

Jason Maza

Jack Phillips

Karl Davies

Frederick Fleet

Ciaran Dow Jones

Frederick Barrett

Gary Cargill

Alexander Carlisle

Shaughan Seymour

Herself

Jennifer Jo Hooper

William Murdoch

Noel Burton

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6.3

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7.0

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No overview available.

6.6

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7.5

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8.0

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7.9

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6.6

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5.5

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6.7

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6.0

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6.8

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7.4

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6.0

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6.5

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0.0

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6.5

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6.4

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5.9

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