The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
In the hours after the Titanic struck an iceberg 100 years ago, a team of shipbuilders and engineers raced against time to save the stricken vessel. Based on eye-witness accounts, this film reveals what went on below decks in the hours before the Titanic sank, telling the previously relatively unheralded stories of engineers who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. Most of these men died but their actions bought enough time to save many lives. This drama-documentary tells a poignant story of self-sacrifice by the Titanic's engineers, stokers and firemen in the face of impending death.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Maurice SweeneyDirector
- Lyall WatsonWriter
- Colin Herber-PercyWriter
Cast
- Liam CunninghamNarrator (voice)
- David WilmotJoseph Bell
- Ciarán McMenaminFred Barrett
- Owen McDonnellTrimmer Thomas Dillon
- Hugh O'ConorAssistant Engineer Jonathan Shepherd
- Andrew SimpsonElectrician Albert Ervine
- Jonathan ByrneElectrician Alfred Middleton
- Chris NewmanAssistant Electrician William Kelly
- Douglas RankineGreaser Alfred White
- Stephen HoganThomas Andrews
- Conor MacNeillFrank Bell
- Paul KennedyAssistant Engineer Herbert Harvey