This little-known German film retells the true story of the British ocean liner that met a tragic fate. Ernst Fritz Fürbringer plays the president of the White Star Line, who unwisely pressed the Titanic's captain (Otto Wernicke) to make the swiftest possible crossing to New York.

• Tobis Filmkunst
• Sybille Schmitz
• Hans Nielsen
• Kirsten Heiberg
• Karl Schönböck
• Otto Wernicke
• Franz Schafheitlin
• Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
• Sepp Rist