In Night and Ice

In Night and Ice (1912)

In Nacht und Eis

Just a few months after the sinking of the Titanic, director Mime Misu recreated the shipwreck in Berlin and the surrounding area. Tinted scenes and creative special effects escalate the drama until the sinking of the ship, which was staged using a model on a lake near Königs Wusterhausen.

Date of release
1912-08-17
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (10)
Runtime
42m
Genres
Drama, Action
Director
Mime Misu

Casting

Interesting facts

In Nacht und Eis, also called Der Untergang der Titanic and Shipwrecked in Icebergs in the US, is a 1912 German silent disaster drama film about the sinking of the British ocean liner Titanic which occurred that year. Released four months after the sinking, it is the second known film made, and the first surviving one, about the disaster.

Production

The film was produced by Continental-Kunstfilm of Berlin, and directed by the Romanian Mime Misu. While most of its footage was shot in a glasshouse studio in the rear courtyard of the offices at 123 Chausseestrasse, some footage was shot in Hamburg, and some was possibly done aboard the German ocean liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, then docked at Hamburg. The Café Parisien scenes were filmed in the vessel's Winter Garden.

With a running time of 35 minutes, In Nacht und Eis was three times longer than the average film of 1912. Shot in black and white, various scenes were tinted to heighten their impact, such as night scenes in dark blue and a shot of a stoker feeding a burner in red.

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