Titanic is a four-part television mini-series created by Nigel Stafford-Clark , written by Julian Fellowes , broadcast in 2012. One hundred years later, this series depicts the sinking of the Titanic that took place on April 15, 1912.
This is one of two very large budget series that was broadcast for the Centenary of the sinking of Titanic , the other being Titanic: Blood and Steel .
Synopsis
The Titanic is the flagship of the White Star Line : three years of construction were needed for the world’s most luxurious and largest ocean liner ever built. His maiden voyage between England and New York will remain in everyone’s memories …
Technical sheet
- Original title: Titanic
- Producer: Nigel Stafford-Clark , Chris Thompson
- Executive producer: Kate Bartlett (ITV Studios), Simon Vaughan (Lookout Point), Jennifer Kawaja and Julia Sereny (Sienna Films), Howard Ellis and Adam Goodman (Mid Atlantic Films)
- Director: Jon Jones
- Scenario: Julian Fellowes
- Music: Jonathan Goldsmith
- Country of origin: Canada ; United Kingdom ; Hungary
- Language: English
- Format: Color – 1.77: 1
- Genre: Action, Drama, Disaster
- Duration: 4 x 43-46 minutes
- Dates of first broadcast:
- Canada :, , and on Global
- United Kingdom :, , and on ITV
- France :on TMC
Distribution
- Linus Roache (VF: Tanguy Goasdoué ) : Hugh, Count of Manton
- Perdita Weeks (VF: Jessica Monceau ) : Lady Georgiana Grex
- Géraldine Somerville (VF: Micky Sebastian ) : Louisa, Countess of Manton
- David Calder (VF: Marc Cassot ) : Captain Edward Smith
- Will Keen (VF: Jean-Alain Velardo ) : Second in command Henry Wilde
- Brian McCardie (VF: Vincent Violette ) : 1 st officer William McMaster Murdoch
- Steven Waddington (VF: Philippe Vincent ) : 2 to Officer Charles Lightoller
- James Wilby (VF: Herve Caradec ) : Joseph Bruce Ismay
- Glen Blackhall (VF: Arnaud Arbessier ) : Paolo Sandrini
- Antonio Magro ( Remi Bichet ) : Mario Sandrini
- Jenna Coleman (VF: Pamela Ravassard ) : Hostess Annie Desmond
- Peter McDonald ( VF: Eric Aubrahn ) : Jim Maloney
- Ruth Bradley (VF: Marie Gamory ) : Mary Maloney
- Georgia McCutcheon : Theresa Maloney
- Dragos Bucur (VF: Bertrand Nadler ) : Peter Lubov
- Toby Jones ( Daniel-Jean Colloredo ) : John Batley
- Maria Doyle Kennedy (VF: Danièle Douet ) : Muriel Batley
- Lyndsey Marshal (VF: Sylvie Jacob ) : Mabel Watson
- Lee Ross (VF: Bernard Lanneau ) : Barnes
- Noah Reid (VF: Tony Marot) : Harry Widener
- Peter Keszegi : George Widener
- Diana Kent : Eleanor Widener
- Celia Imrie : Grace Rushton
- Peter Wight (VF: Jacques Bouanich ) : Joseph Rushton
- Cian Barry : 4 th officer Joseph Boxhall
- Ifan Meredith : 5 th officer Harold Lowe
- Jonathan Howard (VF: Christophe Desmottes ) : 6 E Officer James Paul Moody
- Stephen Campbell Moore : Thomas Andrews
- Sylvestra The Touzel : Lady Lucy Duff Gordon
- Simon Paidey Day : Sir Cosmo Gordon Duff
- Lloyd Hutchinson : Chief Steward Andrew Latimer
- Ralph Ineson (VF: Bertrand Dingé ) : Steward John Hart
- Thomas Aldridge : Steward William Taylor
- Tom Andrews : Sailor Hawkins
- Mike Kelly : Seaman Royce
- Iain McKee (VF: Christophe Desmottes ) : Seaman Scott
- Dave Legeno : Matelot Davis
- Luke Norris : Sailor Holmes
- Ben Bishop: Sailor Lyons
- Csongar Veér : Conductor Wallace Hartley
- Mátyás Ölveti : Violinist
- Attila Bardóczy : Waiter
- Sophie Winkleman (VF: Sabeline Amaury ) : Dorothy Gibson
- Sally Bankes : M me Gibson
- Ryan Hawley (VF: Benjamin Bollen ) : Jack Thayer
- Christine Kavanagh : Marian Thayer
- Miles Richardson : John Jacob Astor IV
- Angela Eke : Madeleine Astor
- Olivia Darnley : Bessie Allison
- Larina Meszaros Lorraine Allison
- Preston Hrisko : Hudson Allison
- David Eisner : Benjamin Guggenheim
- Joséphine of Baume : Léontine Aubart
- Joseph May : Valet Victor Giglio
- Linda Kash : Margaret Brown
- Pandora Colin : Countess of Rothes
- Izabella Urbanowiez : Alice Cleaver
- Shane Attwooll : Billy Blake
- Tim Downie : Police Officer
- Colm Gormley : Winston Churchill
- Timothy West (VF: Michel Voletti ) : Lord Pirrie
- Lee Ross : M.Barnes
- John Kazek : Steward Turnbull
- Mark Lewis Jones : David Evans
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- French version
- Dubbing Company : Mediadub International
- Artistic direction : Nathalie Raimbault
- Adaptation of the dialogues : Chantal Carrière and Félicie Seurin
Reality of the story or fiction?
The film presents a large number of real facts such as the escape of Bruce Ismay in the folding boat C, Jack Thayer waiting around the canoe B overturned before taking place or the large number of real characters (Astor, Guggenheim …) but it also shows a lot of erroneous facts:
- Harold Lowe was not loaded aboard C but number 14.
- The collision with the iceberg: Murdoch ordered “to starboard all” then “to port” to spare the stern; this is not the case in the film.
- At the time of the collision, Smith was in his cabin and arrived on the bridge; but in the film we see him inspecting the compartments with Andrews.
- Andrews did not feel the collision, in fact he could not be with the captain to inspect the compartments a few seconds after the impact.
- John Jacob Astor IV was not crushed by the chimney 1 .
Real characters
The film features a lot of real characters unlike most other movies devoted to the same subject.
In the crew:
- Edward Smith : The Titanic’s famous captain
- Henry Wilde : Second in command
- William McMaster Murdoch : 1 st officer
- Charles Lightoller : 2 d officer
- Joseph Boxhall : 4 th officer
- Harold Lowe : 5 th officer
- James Paul Moody : 6 th officer
- Andrew Latimer: The Chief Steward
- John Hart: A steward 3 th class
- William Lyons: A seaman who managed to swim to the boat but died on board the RMS Carpathia
- Wallace Hartley : The Conductor
- William Taylor: A steward of 1 st class
The other crew members are fictitious but some passengers also existed:
- Colonel John Jacob Astor IV : Businessman and soldier, he was the richest on board
- Madeleine Astor : Second wife of John Jacob Astor
- Benjamin Guggenheim : Businessman and Copper Mogul
- Harry Widener : Young businessman and book collector
- George Dunton Widener : Businessman
- Eleanor Widener : George’s wife
- Lucy Christina Duff Gordon : Fashion Designer and Cosmo’s Wife
- Cosmo Edmund Duff Gordon : Fencing Champion
- Allison family : Hudson, Bessie, Lorraine, Trevor and their nurse Alice Cleaver
- Victor Giglio : Jack of Benjamin Guggenheim
- Margaret Brown : Activist and Philanthropist
- Léontine Aubart : Mistress of Guggenheim
- Jack Thayer : Son of John Borland Thayer
- John Borland Thayer : Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railways
- Marian Thayer : John Thayer’s wife
- Lucy Noël Leslie Martha, Countess of Rothes
Notes and references
- ↑ (in) ” The Two Deaths of John Jacob Astor ” [ archive ] , George Behe’s “Titanic” Tidbits .