Britannic (film)

Infobox Film
name = Britannic


caption = DVD art for "Britannic"
director = Brian Trenchard-Smith
producer = Paul Colichman
starring = Edward Atterton
Amanda Ryan
Jacqueline Bisset Ben Daniels John Rhys-Davies
released = June 20, 2000
runtime = 93 min.
country = USA/
UK
language = English/German

"Britannic" is a romantic drama film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith. It stars Edward Atterton and Amanda Ryan as star-crossed lovers on the forgotten sister ship of the RMS "Titanic", the HMHS "Britannic". The film's co-stars include Jacqueline Bisset, Ben Daniels and John Rhys-Davies.

Plot summary

The film imagines that the ocean liner's demise was the doing of German spies on board the vessel. Along with this, the film follows the problems that a budding romance between a young Briton and German brings on the couple, as their countries are in the midst of fighting the First World War on opposing sides.

Cast

* Edward Atterton as Reynolds
* Amanda Ryan as Vera Campbell
* Jacqueline Bisset as Lady Lewis
* Ben Daniels as Townsend
* John Rhys-Davies as Captain Bartlett
* Bruce Payne as Doctor Baker

Factual Errors

* In one scene, an Irish sailor implies that his friends were killed by the Black and Tans. The Black and Tans were not formed until 1920, four years after the sinking of the Britannic.

* When the U-Boat makes an attack upon the Britannic, a naval officer mentions that a ship, the "HMS Victoria", is coming to their assistance. There was no British ship at this time named Victoria; the last having been sunk in 1893.

* At the end of the film, a Dreadnought-style ship (presumably the fictional "Victoria" once again) is seen approaching the lifeboats to pick up the survivors. The survivors of the Britannic were picked up by Greek fisherman, and not by a warship.

* During the film, a U-boat is seen following the Britannic. Although speculation has been made about whether the Britannic was sunk by torpedo or by a naval mine (now proven to have been the latter), it would have been impossible for a submarine to have followed the Britannic without being sighted by the lookouts.

* The submarine in the film follows the Britannic constantly and remains submerged almost indefinitely, which would be impossible without occasional surfacing for air or stops for refueling.

* The Britannic did not sink at sunrise. She sank at 9:07am.

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* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800416667/info"Britannic" on Yahoo! Movies.]