Saving the Titanic

Saving The Titanic, aired in Germany as Die Helden der Titanic, is 2012 Irish-German television docudrama directed by Maurice Sweeney, and written by Colin Heber-Percy and Lyall Watson. Unlike most films and series depicting the ship's passengers and senior crew, Saving the Titanic dramatizes the engineers and the boiler room crew who kept the furnaces and generators running as the Titanic sank, facilitating the survival of others.

"Based on eyewitness accounts, this is the remarkable story of nine men from the engineering crew 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. The engineering crew consisted of fireman and stokers, who shoveled coal into the ship’s 29 boilers that powered its two massive steam engines, and engineers who made sure the engines and other mechanical equipment functioned smoothly. A memorial to commemorate their bravery was erected in Liverpool, England and unveiled in 1916."

Cast

Liam Cunningham - Narrator

David Wilmot - Chief Engineer, Joseph Bell

Ciarán McMenamin - Leading Fireman, Frederick "Fred" Barrett

Owen McDonnell - Trimmer, Thomas Patrick "Paddy" Dillion

Hugh O'Conor - Junior Assistant Second Engineer, Jonathan Shepherd

Andrew Simpson - Assistant Electrician, Albert George Ervine

John Byrne - Assistant Electrician, Alfred Pirrie Middleton

Chris Newman - Assistant Electrician, William Kelly

Paul Kennedy - Junior Assistant Second Engineer, Hubert Harvey

Douglas Rankine - Greaser, Alfred White

Stephen Hogan - Thomas Andrews

Conor MacNeill - Frank Bell

Ciaran O'Grady - Leading Fireman

Owen Roe - White Star Lawyer

David Heap - White Star Official

Dermot Magennis - Tailor

Johnny Eveson - 2nd Officer

Helen O'Reilly - Female Passenger

External links

Saving The Titanic at the IMDb database

References

2012 television films

2012 films

Television series about RMS Titanic

Films about RMS Titanic

Irish drama films

Films set in 1912

Films directed by Maurice Sweeney

Films scored by Louis Febre