 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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Vampyr 1932  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror / Fantasy
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast: Julian West, Henriette Gerard, Jan Hieronimko, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Sybille Schmitz, Albert Bras, N. Babanini, Jane Mora
In this bizarre tale, David Gray (Julian West) visits a European inn in the village of Courtempierre where the Lord of the Manor (Maurice Schutz) gives him a package and tells David to open it if he dies. He does turn up dead, and David meets the Lord's daughters Gisele and Leone (Rena Mandel and Sybille Schmitz). When David opens the package, he finds a copy of "Strange Tales of Vampires," and then he sees a series of eerie sights (presented through trick photography). David is now convinced that there is a vampire in town, and he must save Gisele, Leone, and himself before they also become victims.
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| 1. Titanic (1943)
2. Vampyr (1932)
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