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15/11/1929 Drama 1h 30m
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The Leviathan of All Talkies

Overview

English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.

  1. E.A. Dupont

    Director

  2. Victor Kendall

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Franklin Dyall

    John Rool

  2. Ellaline Terriss

    Alice Rool

  3. Donald Calthrop

    Pointer

  4. Madeleine Carroll

    Monica

  5. Monty Banks

    Dandy

  6. Joan Barry

    Betty Tate-Hughes

  7. John Stuart

    Lawrence

  8. Helen Haye

    Clara Tate-Hughes

  9. Francis Lister

    Padre

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-09-11
This is one of the earliest British-made talkies and I think you really have to take that embryonic spirit into account if you’re to get much from this drama. We embark upon the “Atlantic” for a cruise across that self-same body of water and as they head towards something we know to be inevitable, we encounter the usual mix of the hoi polloi below decks and landed gentry above and enjoy some of their rather procedural and histrionic antics. Now if you’re a regular theatre visitor, then you’ll be familiar with the concept of projecting your voice so those up in the gods can hear you e...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,627.00

Revenue
$0.00

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