With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 the German propaganda machine gave film makers a new opportunity to broaden their range of political subjects.

In 1942 the Titanic tragedy provided an ideal platform to target the British on film.

The objective of the film was to portray the British as cheating profiteers that contrasted unfavourably with their more honest and respectable cousins.

The story was based very loosely on facts, they invented the hero’s character, the ships only German officer.

It was not thought wise to release the film in Germany with the way the war was going.

To recoup some of the enormous production costs, it premiered in Paris in 1943 and became one of the most successful German films during the war.

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