Atlantic

The Leviathan of All Talkies

5.319291h 30m
NR
Released
Drama

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.

StatusReleased
Release Date1929-11-15
Runtime1h 30m
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Budget$2,627
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Reviews

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CinemaSerf

Sep 11, 2025

6/10

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

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