Atlantis (1913)

Director:

August Blom

Writers:

Axel Garde, Gerhart Hauptmann (novel),

Stars:

Olaf Fønss, Ida Orloff, Ebba Thomsen

Cast

Credited cast:
Olaf Fønss	...	Dr. Friedrich Kammacher
Ida Orloff	...	Ingigerd Hahlstroem, artistic dancer
Ebba Thomsen	...	Eva Burns
Carl Lauritzen	...	Dr. Schmidt
Frederik Jacobsen	...	Dr. Georg Rasmussen
Charles Unthan	...	Arthur Stoss, armless man
Torben Meyer	...	Willy Snyders, artist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Svend Bille
Oluf Billesborg
Maja Bjerre-Lind
Cajus Bruun	...	Friedrich's father
Michael Curtiz	...	Hans Fuellenberg, Friedrich's college pal (as Mihály Kertész)
Marie Dinesen	...	Friedrich's mother
Vera Esbøll
Lily Frederiksen

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

new york | lifeboat | ship | statue of liberty | ocean | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

June 1914 (USA)

Also Known As:

Atlantisz

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nordisk Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min 116 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Two endings were shot: One happy and one sad - the latter for the Russian market.

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Connections

Featured in Az utolsó magyar némafilmszínész (1999)

User Reviews

One of the supposed masterpieces of the Danish silent screen.

Denmark's Atlantis (1913), another ship-sinking story influenced by the Titanic tale and filmed off the coast of New Zealand, was one of the first full-length films ever made - it had a 1 hour, 53 minute running time. This version of the story from director August Blom appeared to sink a full-scale boat for realism. It was a very realistic and naturalistic-looking Titanic film with a well-staged action scene of the ship's sinking. The story is rather simple, despondent over his institutionalized wife, a doctor endeavors to cope by traveling through Europe and eventually to New York, surviving an ocean liner sinking on the way. The film was hailed as an impressive achievement for the cinema of 1913, especially for the sinking liner sequence that was influenced by the Titanic disaster. It was also one of the most popular films of the silent decades, and a worldwide smash hit.