S.O.S. Iceberg 1933  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Rod La Rocque, Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Gibson Gowland, Max Holzboer, Walter Riml, Ernst Udet, Nakinak
Based on an actual ill-fated expedition–with two survivors of the expedition party as advisers–this film follows the journey to Greenland in search of lost records, and the party becomes stranded on an iceberg. The leader's (Rod la Rocque) wife (Leni Riefenstahl) is a pilot who comes to the rescue, but her plane crashes on landing, and she joins the expedition. Eventually, a group of Eskimos arrives by kayak, along with pilot Ernst Udet, to save their lives.
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Storm Over Mount Blanc 1930  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Drama
Director: Arnold Fanck
Cast: Leni Riefenstahl, Sepp Rist, Ernst Udet, Fredrich Kaybler, Mathias Wieman, Alfred Beierle, Ernst Peterson, Harald Reinl
Hannes (Sepp Rist) tends an isolated observatory on Mont Blanc, having contact with the outside world only by Morse code or from visits by pilot Ernst (Ernst Udet). Ernst brings Hella (Leni Riefenstahl), who lives at the bottom of the mountain with her astronomer father, and they fall in love. When Hannes loses his gloves in a storm, his hands become frozen and he calls for help via Morse code. Hella heads a rescue team to reach him. But, Ernst flies in and saves Hannes.
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 Titanic 1943 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Action
Director: Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin
Cast: Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, Ernst Fritz Furbringer, Karl Schonbock, Charlotte Thiele, Otto Wernicke, Franz Schatheitlin, Sepp Rist, Theodor Loos, Claude Farell, Lieselott Klinger, Just Scheu, Werner Scharf, Theo Shall
The president of White Star Lines, Sir Bruce Ismay (Ernst Fritz Furbringer), wants to improve his company's stock and pushes the H.M.S. Titanic's Captain Edward J. Smith (Otto Wernike) to set a speed record for the voyage between England and New York City. This results in disaster when Smith does not pay attention to weather conditions, and the Titanic sinks after colliding with an iceberg. This German propaganda version of the sinking of the Titanic was filmed during World War II and places the blame squarely on the British, Americans, and Jews. An interesting look at the Nazi depiction of anti-English sentiment.
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| 1. S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
2. Storm Over Mount Blanc (1930)
3. Titanic (1943)
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