History Trivia / Titanic1943

* BannedInChina: By the time the film was completed, the tide of war had turned against the Third Reich as German cities were being obliterated by the merciless Allied air raids. Immediately after screening a pre-release print of the film, Goebbels realized that a movie portraying an impending wipe-out of a panicking crowd would do little to help the morale of desperate German civilians, who were gradually starting to see the writing on the wall. ''Titanic'' wasn't screened in Germany until 1949, when the Allies allowed a censored print to be released in certain parts of West Germany. The uncut version has not been released on home video in Germany until its Blu-ray debut in 2019 and the film has not been officially released in the United Kingdom outside of a few niche film festival screenings.

* CommonKnowledge: It has been repeatedly stated online, even by people who have claimed to have seen the film, that the main storyline concerns "[[GreedyJew a group of Wall Street Jews]]" who cause the ''Titanic'' disaster with their "greed." Anyone who has actually seen the film would know that there are absolutely no references to Jews or Judaism at any point in the film and since the movie's main theme is criticism of ''British'' capitalism, the American Wall Street does not figure into the plot either.

* CommonKnowledge: It has been repeatedly stated online, even by people who have claimed to have seen the film, that main storyline concerns "[[GreedyJew a group of Wall Street Jews]]" who cause the ''Titanic'' disaster with their "greed." Anyone who has actually seen the film would know that there are absolutely no references to Jews or Judaism at any point in the film and since the movie's main theme is criticism of ''British'' capitalism, the American Wall Street does not figure into the plot either.

* BannedInChina: By the time the film was completed, the tide of war has turned against the Third Reich as German cities were being obliterated by the merciless Allied air raids. Immediately after screening a pre-release print of the film, Goebbels realized that a movie portraying an impending wipe-out of a panicking crowd would do little to help the morale of desperate German civilians, who were gradually starting to see the writing on the wall. ''Titanic'' wasn't screened in Germany until 1949, when the Allies allowed a censored print to be released in certain parts of West Germany. The uncut version has not been released on home video in Germany until its Blu-ray debut in 2019 and the film has not been officially released in the United Kingdom outside of a few niche film festival screenings.

* CommonKnowledge: It has been repeatedly stated online, even by people who have claimed to have seen the film, that main storyline concerns "[[GreedyJew a group of Wall Street Jews]]" who cause the ''Titanic'' disaster with their "greed."Anyone who has actually seen the film would know that there are absolutely no references to Jews or Judaism at any point in the film and since the movie's main theme is criticism of ''British'' capitalism, the American Wall Street does not figure into the plot either.

* CommonKnowledge: It has been repeatedly stated online, even by people who have claimed to have seen the film, that main storyline concerns "[[GreedyJew a group of Wall Street Jews]]" who cause the ''Titanic' disaster with their "greed."Anyone who has actually seen the film would know that there are absolutely no references to Jews or Judaism at any point in the film and since the movie's main theme is criticism of ''British'' capitalism, the American Wall Street does not figure into the plot either.

* TroubledProduction: Probably one of the worst examples. The shooting was interrupted by bombings and air raids, the director was arrested by UsefulNotes/{{the Gestapo}} and "[[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch committed suicide]]" in his cell, while the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Cap_Arcona Cap Arcona]]'', a large German ocean liner that was used as a stand-in for the ''Titanic'' ended up [[HarsherInHindsight sharing the same fate]] when it was destroyed by the RAF in 1945 while being used as a death ship by the Nazis, killing over 5,000 concentration camp inmates; bones of the victims kept washing up on the beach near the wreck for decades afterwards. The film itself was banned, and after the war it was plundered mercilessly for stock footage by the victorious Allies.

* YouLookFamiliar: [[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0519765 Theodor Loos]], who portrays Professor Bergmann, also played a pastor in ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019657 Atlantik]]'', another German language film based on the ''Titanic'' disaster from 1929.

* CreatorKiller: Literally. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Selpin Herbert Selpin]], the original director, made disparaging comments about the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine Kriegsmarine]] and was hauled off by the Gestapo. He was [[TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch found hanged in his cell]] the next day.

** It seems to have become "CommonKnowledge" that this 1943 Nazi Propaganda film portrays Bruce Ismay as an "[[GreedyJew evil Jewish businessman]]." This has been mentioned in various reviews of the film and was even cited in some books, but Bruce Ismay's religious affiliation or ethnicity are never mentioned at any point at the film, other than playing up the stereotypical EvilBrit angle. In fact, the film lacks any antisemitic content due to being first and foremost a work of anti-''British'' propaganda.

** It seems to have become "CommonKnowledge" that this 1943 Nazi Propaganda film portrays Bruce Ismay as an "[[GreedyJew evil Jewish businessman." This has been mentioned in various reviews of the film and was even cited in some books, but Bruce Ismay's religious affiliation or ethnicity are never mentioned at any point at the film, other than playing up the stereotypical EvilBrit angle. In fact, the film lacks any antisemitic content due to being first and foremost a work of anti-''British'' propaganda.