The Mystery of the Britannic is a 2017 TV movie about the mystery of the RMS Titanic's sister ship, HMHS Britannic.
Plot[]
The film is a historical docudrama that reveals a unique scenery on the terrible fate of the sister ship of the famous Titanic, whose final destiny was to be lost while at sea. The project presents the on-screen combination of re-enacted historical events intertwined with the scientific underwater documentary.
The narration of the re-enacted story is being done by Nelly - who has departed her affluent family to serve as a newly recruited volunteer nurse on the hospital ship. Nelly shares her heart-piercing story of a courageous voyage aboard of the legendary Britannic - an ill-fated ocean liner, converted into the military hospital ship, bound for a shattering demise. One of the most famous shipwreck researchers, Richard Kohler, whose expertise and knowledge of the Britannic history developed into the life-long passion, helps the viewer to clearly apprehend the documentary materials. High-tech, deep-ocean submersibles and underwater research equipment allowed to capture the unique footage of a sleeping giant on the depths exceeding 100 meters.
The combined efforts of researchers, scientists and SFX team made it possible to life-like witness the last minutes of the gigantic hospital ship. Together with the characters of the movie, the viewer will go through the actions of noble sacrifice, the story of love, the horrors of war, re-live the unspeakable tragedy happened a century ago and behold the long-gone wreck of the hospital ship in all her silent glory.
Cast[]
- Marysia S. Peres as Nelly
- Davide Tucci as Duncan McTavish
- Martin Angerbauer as Otto Hersing
- Christopher Dingli as Chief Officer Hume
- Erica Muscar as Becky
- Stephen Oliver as Captain Charles Alfred Bartlett
- Michael Ihnow as Gustav Sless
- Henry Zammit Cordina as Sir Morrisson, Nelly's father
- Jeanette Cutahar as Sophie
- Polly March as Nurse Elizabeth Annie Dowse
- Edward Caeuana Galiza as U-73 Navigation Officer
- Richard Kohler as Self/Host
Historical inaccuracies[]
Factual errors[]
- When RMS Olympic first appeared on screen, her A-Deck Promenade was enclosed, when in reality, it was open.
- When Britannic was sinking, she slammed the sea floor with little to no list, but in reality, Britannic rolled completely over to her starboard side before she hit the bottom floor.
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