Saving the Titanic

Saving The Titanic, aired in Germany as Die Helden der Titanic, is 2012 Irish-German television docudrama directed by Maurice Sweeney, and written by Colin Heber-Percy and Lyall Watson. Unlike most films and series depicting the ship's passengers and senior crew, Saving the Titanic dramatizes the engineers and the boiler room crew who kept the furnaces and generators running as the Titanic sank, facilitating the survival of others.

"Based on eyewitness accounts, this is the remarkable story of nine men from the engineering crew who fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. The engineering crew consisted of fireman and stokers, who shoveled coal into the ship’s 29 boilers that powered its two massive steam engines, and engineers who made sure the engines and other mechanical equipment functioned smoothly. A memorial to commemorate their bravery was erected in Liverpool, England and unveiled in 1916."

Cast

 * Liam Cunningham - Narrator
 * David Wilmot - Chief Engineer, Joseph Bell
 * Ciarán McMenamin - Leading Fireman, Frederick "Fred" Barrett
 * Owen McDonnell - Trimmer, Thomas Patrick "Paddy" Dillion
 * Hugh O'Conor - Junior Assistant Second Engineer, Jonathan Shepherd
 * Andrew Simpson - Assistant Electrician, Albert George Ervine
 * John Byrne - Assistant Electrician, Alfred Pirrie Middleton
 * Chris Newman - Assistant Electrician, William Kelly
 * Paul Kennedy - Junior Assistant Second Engineer, Hubert Harvey
 * Douglas Rankine - Greaser, Alfred White
 * Stephen Hogan - Thomas Andrews
 * Conor MacNeill - Frank Bell
 * Ciaran O'Grady - Leading Fireman
 * Owen Roe - White Star Lawyer
 * David Heap - White Star Official
 * Dermot Magennis - Tailor
 * Johnny Eveson - 2nd Officer
 * Helen O'Reilly - Female Passenger