Atlantis

Based on the novel by Nobel Prize laureate Gerhart Hauptmann. Assisted by a young Michael Curtiz — who would later direct Casablanca. After his wife is committed to a mental institution and his doctoral research is rejected, Dr. Friedrich von Kammacher abandons his life in Germany and books passage on a transatlantic ocean liner. It never completes the crossing. Released just one year after the sinking of the Titanic, this sweeping Danish silent epic follows one man's psychological journey through crisis, obsession, and survival — and was immediately hailed as one of the most ambitious films ever made. Silent. Free with ads.