Expedition: Bismarck

Expedition: Bismarck (2002)

James Cameron take several survivors from the German ship and crew, and together use state of the art technology to discover the ship wreck as it is today. Diving in submersibles and using ROV's we get to see the inside of the giant ship from WWII which sits on the bottom of the sea.

Date of release
2002-12-08
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Documentary, TV Movie
Director
James Cameron, Gary Johnstone

Casting

Interesting facts

Expedition: Bismarck is a 2002 documentary film produced for the Discovery Channel by Andrew Wight and James Cameron, directed by James Cameron and Gary Johnstone, and narrated by Lance Henriksen. The film follows an underwater expedition to the German Battleship Bismarck and digitally reconstructs events that led up to the ship's sinking during World War II. In 2003 the film was honored with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming.

Production

Produced in partnership with The Discovery Channel, James Cameron and a crew of historians embarked on a trip to visit the wreckage of the german battleship Bismarck, west of Brest, France. The trip was accompanied by several survivors of the incident who relived their journey along the way. The documentary uses several reenactments throughout the film to give viewers a better idea of how the story took place.

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