[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Titanic, mein Herr

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Titanic, mein Herr
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1205989161.shtml


   I've always been fascinated by the story of the Titanic. Turner
   Classic Movies has just found another recount, a 1943 German motion
   picture of remarkable production quality given there was a war on. And
   yes it's in German with subtitles.
   Apparently, Josef Goebbels decided not to release the film. The war
   was not going well, and he thought it wasn't what the German people
   needed to see at the time. Or prophetic.
   There's a little German - English "politics" like this at the end:
   "Der Tod von 1500 Menschen blieb Ungesühnt, eine ewige Anklage gegen
   Englands Gewinnsucht" (The deaths of 1,500 people remain unatoned an
   eternal condemnation of England's quest for profit.)
   But this was minimal, which is to say that the Nazi party didn't get
   involved in the actual production other than to execute the first
   director for an inopportune remark. Therefore, it was worth the time
   to get another perspective.