Titanic: Birth of a Legend
Dramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, showing the violence, political drama and financial pressures that affected those who worked on her. Eight men, the Guarantee Group, were privileged to be chosen to travel on her maiden voyage. All of them were killed when she sank after striking an iceberg.
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Released
- 2005
Details
Release year: 2005
Storyline
Dramatised documentary which follows the lives of the men who designed and built Titanic and her sister ship Olympic at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, showing the violence, political drama and financial pressures that affected those who worked on her. Eight men, the Guarantee Group, were privileged to be chosen to travel on her maiden voyage. All of them were killed when she sank after striking an iceberg.
Top credits
- Charles Dance — Narrator
- Gordon Langford Rowe — Lord Pirrie
- Charles Lawson — Alexander Carlisle
- Damian O'Hare — Thomas Andrews