Der Schienenweg unterm Ozean (1915)
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Directors
Siegfried Dessauer, Kurt Matull
Cast
Eduard Rothauser, Sybil Smolova, Magnus Stifter
After the Titanic disaster, an audacious plan to link North America and Europe by an undersea railway faces rivals, saboteurs, and natural forces.
The story
After the Titanic collides with an iceberg and sinks in 1912, leading scientists, engineers, and financiers seek a safer alternative to the sea route between North America and Europe. Their sensational proposal is to construct a railway beneath the ocean. The Tunnel-Railway Co. begins excavation deep on the ocean floor, but the ambitious project faces obstacles from the outset. Envious rivals, saboteurs, schemers, and the forces of nature threaten its progress, while a succession of incidents repeatedly puts the undertaking at risk.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Shocked by the Titanic’s collision with an iceberg and its subsequent sinking in 1912, leading scientists, engineers, and financiers consider how to connect North America and Europe by new means, without having to take the obviously dangerous sea route. The sensational solution: build a railway beneath the ocean! A colossal project (as the alternate title suggests), it encounters numerous obstacles from the outset—from human envious rivals as well as the forces of nature—and brings saboteurs and schemers into play. As the Tunnel-Railway Co. carries out excavation work for a rail link deep on the ocean floor, numerous incidents occur, bringing the project more than once to the brink of failure.
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