Atlantis (1930 film)

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Atlantis
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Directed by Ewald André Dupont
Jean Kemm
Written by Victor Kendall
Pierre Maudru
Based on The Berg by Ernest Raymond
Produced by Jacques Haïk
Starring Maxime Desjardins
Alice Field
Constant Rémy
Cinematography Charles Rosher
Music by John Reynders
Production
companies
British International Pictures
Les Etablissements Jacques Haïk
Distributed byMappemonde Film
Release date
  • 26 September 1930 (1930-09-26)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language French

Atlantis is a 1930 drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and Jean Kemm and starring Maxime Desjardins, Alice Field and Constant Rémy. The film was made as French version of the British film Atlantic , produced by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. Such Multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound before dubbing became a more established practice. [1] Like the original version it is based on the 1929 West End play The Berg by Ernest Raymond. [2]

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Synopsis

A prestigious luxury liner, the Atlantis, strikes an iceberg and sinks during its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. The various passengers are forced to come to a reckoning with their impending fate.

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  1. St. Pierre p.110
  2. Goble p.383

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