In Nacht und Eis was released in 1912 and became the first of many films, including Titanic (1943) and A Night to Remember (1958), culminating in the romanticized Titanic (1997) directed by James Cameron. What is it about the sinking of the ocean liner RMS Titanic on the night of Apthat has captured the imagination of authors, readers and film-makers? What is it about the stories of the passengers who survived and those who didn’t that continues to engross and fascinate? Was it that the fate of the passengers on the Titanic was a lottery, one in which the odds were heavily stacked in favour of the wealthiest passengers? Or is it that the event was so dramatic? Certainly from the writers’ and the film-makers’ perspective, the sinking is full of opportunities for action.įilm producers were quick to seize on the event as a potential money-maker.
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