Atlantis

1913
2h 1m

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After Dr. Friedrich's wife becomes mentally unstable and his research papers are rejected, he leaves the country to respite.After Dr. Friedrich's wife becomes mentally unstable and his research papers are rejected, he leaves the country to respite.After Dr. Friedrich's wife becomes mentally unstable and his research papers are rejected, he leaves the country to respite.

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Trivia
Two endings were shot: One happy and one sad - the latter for the Russian market.

Goofs
During the sinking of the "Roland", shots of the ship at an angle to the water are interspersed with those of water filling the cabins parallel to the ceilings.

Alternate versions
Nordisk Film had an alternative ending shot for the Russian market, since Russian culture prefers 'unhappy endings' over the western happy endings. In the alternative version, Dr. Kammacher dies of an heart attack right after he hears the news that his new love has died. Unfortunately for Nordisk Film, the writer of the novel, Gerhart Hauptmann had made it very clear in his contract that no changes to his story could be made. So Nordisk Film released the alternative version only in Siberia, hoping Hauptmann wouldn't find out.

Connections
Edited into From Camille to Joan of Arc (1961)

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9/10

One of the supposed masterpieces of the Danish silent screen.

Denmark's Atlantis (1913), another ship-sinking story influenced by the Titanic tale and filmed off the coast of New Zealand, was one of the first full-length films ever made - it had a 1 hour, 53 minute running time. This version of the story from director August Blom appeared to sink a full-scale boat for realism. It was a very realistic and naturalistic-looking Titanic film with a well-staged action scene of the ship's sinking. The story is rather simple, despondent over his institutionalized wife, a doctor endeavors to cope by traveling through Europe and eventually to New York, surviving an ocean liner sinking on the way. The film was hailed as an impressive achievement for the cinema of 1913, especially for the sinking liner sequence that was influenced by the Titanic disaster. It was also one of the most popular films of the silent decades, and a worldwide smash hit.