“Titanic” quotes

(1943)
Movie Titanic
Title Titanic
Year 1943
Directors Herbert Selpin, Werner Klingler
Genre Drama, History, Action
All actors – Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Karl Schönböck, Charlotte Thiele, Otto Wernicke, Franz Schafheitlin, Sepp Rist, Claude Farell, Jolly Bohnert, Hermann Brix
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  • “The Titanic is sinking. We collided with an iceberg. The Titanic is ripped open from the bow till under the bridge.”

    Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
    [Tag:danger, shipwreck]
  • “- 1st Officer Petersen: In the event of tragedy, there isn't nearly enough room in the lifeboats for even a small portion of the passengers.
    - Sir Bruce Ismay: Enough of your pessimism.
    - 1st Officer Petersen: It's not pessimism. It's our duty to consider every possibility.”

    Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer - Sir Bruce Ismay
  • “- 1st Officer Petersen: The lifeboats will hold almost a third of the passengers.
    - Sir Bruce Ismay: I order you to secure a lifeboat for me immediately.”

    Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer - Sir Bruce Ismay
  • “- 1st Officer Petersen: You must get into this lifeboat and leave the ship.
    - Sigrid Olinsky: No. I'll go when you go.
    - 1st Officer Petersen: As an officer, I must stay to the end. And it is in my capacity as an officer that I order you to get in the lifeboat.”

    Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
    Sybille Schmitz - Sigrid Olinsky
    [Tag:love, order, safety]
  • “Now money means nothing. Now it's just about survival.”
    Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
  • “- Aktionär Fränklin: I'll give you $150.000 for a place in a lifeboat.
    - 1st Officer Petersen: It's useless. Women and children will be saved first.”

    Walter Steinbeck - Aktionär Fränklin
    Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
  • “- 1st Officer Petersen: There is the danger of colliding with the underwater mass.
    - Sir Bruce Ismay: Danger? That's ridiculous. The Titanic is unsinkable.
    - 1st Officer Petersen: Proof of that has not yet been provided.”

    Hans Nielsen - 1st Officer Petersen
    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer - Sir Bruce Ismay
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