Saving the Titanic

Saving the Titanic

90 mins | Drama, Documentary, TV Movie | April 15, 2012

In the hours after the Titanic struck an iceberg 100 years ago, a team of shipbuilders and engineers raced against time to save the stricken vessel. Based on eye-witness accounts, this film reveals what went on below decks in the hours before the Titanic sank, telling the previously relatively unheralded stories of engineers who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. Most of these men died but their actions bought enough time to save many lives. This drama-documentary tells a poignant story of self-sacrifice by the Titanic's engineers, stokers and firemen in the face of impending death.

Saving the Titanic

90 mins | Drama, Documentary, TV Movie | April 15, 2012

Saving the Titanic
In the hours after the Titanic struck an iceberg 100 years ago, a team of shipbuilders and engineers raced against time to save the stricken vessel. Based on eye-witness accounts, this film reveals what went on below decks in the hours before the Titanic sank, telling the previously relatively unheralded stories of engineers who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. Most of these men died but their actions bought enough time to save many lives. This drama-documentary tells a poignant story of self-sacrifice by the Titanic's engineers, stokers and firemen in the face of impending death.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Saving the Titanic
Directors Maurice Sweeney
Writers Colin Herber-Percy, Lyall Watson

Cast

Liam Cunningham

as Narrator (voice)

David Wilmot

as Joseph Bell

CiarĂ¡n McMenamin

as Fred Barrett

Owen McDonnell

as Trimmer Thomas Dillon

Hugh O'Conor

as Assistant Engineer Jonathan Shepherd

Andrew Simpson

as Electrician Albert Ervine

Jonathan Byrne

as Electrician Alfred Middleton

Chris Newman

as Assistant Electrician William Kelly

Douglas Rankine

as Greaser Alfred White

Stephen Hogan

as Thomas Andrews

Conor MacNeill

as Frank Bell

Paul Kennedy

as Assistant Engineer Herbert Harvey

Ciaran O'Grady

as Leading Fireman

Owen Roe

as White Star Lawyer

David Heap

as White Star Official

Dermot Magennis

as Tailor

Johnny Eveson

as 2nd Officer