And from the start, film wove the true with the fictional ... World War II saw the German-made “Titanic” (1943), a propaganda effort intended to exploit the oceanliner’s misfortune as ...

Twenty-five years ago Monday, the blockbuster film “Titanic” premiered in the United States, kicking off a historic run that would bring in a record $1.85 billion worldwide and win 11 Oscars.

In 1943, Nazi Germany produced the most expensive propaganda film ever made: a retelling of the Titanic disaster that blamed British greed for the disaster.

Among the many dramatizations was a 1943 German propaganda film (sometimes referred to as “Nazi Titanic”), which combined fictional characters with the real-life events. That set the pattern ...

In 1943, Adolf Hitler’s minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, commissioned the movie “Titanic,” with the government’s own take on the ship disaster – one founded on hatred.

The Titanic might not have been unsinkable, but its legend certainly is. Riding on the 100th anniversary of the sinking (and the rerelease of James Cameron's Oscar-winner "Titanic" in 3-D) are ...

Exhibit showing White Star Line collections from Jason Schleisman, coal from the Titanic wreckage, and a Titanic souvenir booklet. (Provided by Danielle Dascalos) The SS Cap Arcona, a German ocean ...

And from the start, film wove the true with the fictional ... World War II saw the German-made “Titanic” (1943), a propaganda effort intended to exploit the oceanliner’s misfortune as ...