Atlantis is a 1930 drama film directed by Ewald André Dupont and Jean Kemm and starring Maxime Desjardins, Alice Field and Constant Rémy. The film was made as French version of the British film Atlantic, produced by British International Pictures at Elstree Studios. Such Multiple-language versions were common in the early years of sound before dubbing became a more established practice.[1] Like the original version it is based on the 1929 West End play The Berg by Ernest Raymond.[2]

Atlantis
Directed byEwald André Dupont
Jean Kemm
Written byVictor Kendall
Pierre Maudru
Based onThe Berg by Ernest Raymond
Produced byJacques Haïk
StarringMaxime Desjardins
Alice Field
Constant Rémy
CinematographyCharles Rosher
Music byJohn Reynders
Production
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British International Pictures
Les Etablissements Jacques Haïk
Distributed byMappemonde Film
Release date
  • 26 September 1930 (1930-09-26)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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A prestigious luxury liner, the Atlantis, strikes an iceberg and sinks during its maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. The various passengers are forced to come to a reckoning with their impending fate.

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References

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  1. ^ St. Pierre p.110
  2. ^ Goble p.383

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
  • St. Pierre, Paul Matthew. E.A. Dupont and his Contribution to British Film: Varieté, Moulin Rouge, Piccadilly, Atlantic, Two Worlds, Cape Forlorn. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010
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