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Transatlantic

Titre original : The Tunnel
  • 1935
  • Approved
  • 1h 34min
NOTE IMDb
6,0/10
1,1 k
MA NOTE
Richard Dix in Transatlantic (1935)
DramaSci-Fi

Deux ingénieurs, Richard MacAllan et Frederick Robinson, obtiennent le financement de leur projet insensé : percer un tunnel souterrain entre l'Angleterre et les États-Unis.Deux ingénieurs, Richard MacAllan et Frederick Robinson, obtiennent le financement de leur projet insensé : percer un tunnel souterrain entre l'Angleterre et les États-Unis.Deux ingénieurs, Richard MacAllan et Frederick Robinson, obtiennent le financement de leur projet insensé : percer un tunnel souterrain entre l'Angleterre et les États-Unis.

  • Réalisation
    • Maurice Elvey
  • Scénario
    • Bernhard Kellermann
    • Curt Siodmak
    • L. du Garde Peach
  • Casting principal
    • Richard Dix
    • Leslie Banks
    • Madge Evans
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • NOTE IMDb
    6,0/10
    1,1 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Maurice Elvey
    • Scénario
      • Bernhard Kellermann
      • Curt Siodmak
      • L. du Garde Peach
    • Casting principal
      • Richard Dix
      • Leslie Banks
      • Madge Evans
    • 26avis d'utilisateurs
    • 16avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
    • Récompenses
      • 2 victoires au total

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    Richard Dix
    Richard Dix
    • Richard McAllan
    Leslie Banks
    Leslie Banks
    • Frederick 'Robbie' Robbins
    Madge Evans
    Madge Evans
    • Ruth McAllan
    Helen Vinson
    Helen Vinson
    • Varlia Lloyd
    C. Aubrey Smith
    C. Aubrey Smith
    • Lloyd
    Basil Sydney
    Basil Sydney
    • Mostyn
    Henry Oscar
    Henry Oscar
    • Grellier
    Hilda Trevelyan
    Hilda Trevelyan
    • Mary
    Cyril Raymond
    Cyril Raymond
    • Harriman
    Jimmy Hanley
    Jimmy Hanley
    • Geoffrey McAllan
    George Arliss
    George Arliss
    • Prime Minister of Great Britain
    • (as Mr. George Arliss)
    Walter Huston
    Walter Huston
    • President of the United States
    • (as Mr. Walter Huston)
    James Carew
    James Carew
    • Jim Barton
    • (non crédité)
    Pat Fitzpatrick
    • Geoffrey - As a young child
    • (non crédité)
    Jacqueline Giovanni
    • Young Girl
    • (non crédité)
    Helen Haye
    Helen Haye
    • Oil Magnate
    • (non crédité)
    Bryan Herbert
    • American Reporter
    • (non crédité)
    Dennis Hoey
    Dennis Hoey
    • Worker
    • (non crédité)
    • Réalisation
      • Maurice Elvey
    • Scénario
      • Bernhard Kellermann
      • Curt Siodmak
      • L. du Garde Peach
    • Toute la distribution et toute l’équipe technique
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    Avis des utilisateurs26

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    6gavin6942

    Curt Siodmak Writes A Story...

    A team of international scientists and engineers attempts to build a tunnel under the ocean.

    The story was written by the amazing Curt Siodmak, based on the 1913 novel "Der Tunnel" by Bernhard Kellermann. Interestingly, "Der Tunnel" had already been filmed three times before, once as a German silent, "Der Tunnel" (1915), and then as two sound films "Der Tunnel" (German) and "Le Tunnel" (French), both released in 1933, and both directed by Curtis Bernhardt. The British version today remains the only one easily available.

    Suggestions for such a structure actually go back to Michel Verne, son of Jules Verne, who wrote about it in 1888 in a story entitled "Un Express de l'avenir" (An Express of the Future). This story was published in English in Strand Magazine in 1895. As recently as the 1960s, the idea was again proposed, but then using vacuum tubes rather than more traditional modes of transport.

    As for the film, it is worth seeing, if for no other reason than to get a feel for British science fiction in the 1930s. This approach seems much different than the boomin science fiction of the 1950s.
    5SnoopyStyle

    30's futurism

    Richard McAllan (Richard Dix) is an engineer with an idea. After the construction of a tunnel in the English Chanel, he proposes a tunnel between Britain and America to a group of wealthy industrialists. They agree after some hesitation. This movie follows the long struggle to build the tunnel over many years.

    This is 30's sci-fi futurism. I don't really care about the story. I barely care about the construction project. This is like making a drama about the Big Dig in Boston. I do like some of the futurism in this movie. It is a time capsule of this era's sci-fi ideas. That has some entertainment value.
    7planktonrules

    A very interesting and well done film technically, but its human interest angle is poor.

    THE TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL is a sci-fi film set in the near future. The story is about a joint American-British effort to build this tunnel. Additionally, the toll this takes on the men (in particular the chief engineer) and the behind the scenes machinations are explored.

    This is a really neat sci-fi movie in many ways. While the idea of a transatlantic tunnel is ridiculously far-fetched, the special effects for this British film are amazingly realistic and well executed. It's really too bad, then, that the soap opera built around it is poor. However, because the film is so astounding to look at, it's still well worth a look.

    The British film makers enlisted Richard Dix for the lead in this film. He was a big name for the time and he would presumably bring American audiences to see this film. Whether or not this worked, I have no idea, but although I like Dix in other films, here he isn't particularly distinguished. This would be more obvious had it not been that many of the British cast were pretty dreadful. And, because the dialog was so poor, it only made this seem worse.

    As I said, this is all pretty sad, as the special effects were great. Seeing giant television sets, videophones, cool futuristic cars and the tunnel itself were all absolutely amazing. In fact, it's one of the best sci-fi films of the time and this aspect of the film alone merit a 9 or 10--not bad for a relatively low budget film.

    Overall, it's a great curio that you can enjoy provided you can wade through the soapy story.
    6AlsExGal

    Some worthwhile moments among the cliches

    This science fiction drama from Gaumont had previously been filmed three times in France and Germany. American engineer Richard "Mac" McAllan (Richard Dix) proposes an audacious undertaking: the construction of an underground tunnel beneath the sea bed that will connect London to New York. The massive undertaking involves multiple investors and years of construction time. Mac neglects his wife Ruth (Madge Evans) who seeks comfort with Mac's best friend Frederick (Leslie Banks), while chief investor Lloyd (C. Aubrey Smith) struggles to secure the funds necessary to keep going, while his own daughter Varlia (Helen Vinson) falls in love with Mac.

    The science fiction elements are largely kept in the background via set design, the "futuristic" appearance of automobiles, the use of video phones, etc. I would have liked the film more if it had concentrated on the engineering aspects of the construction, or even more on the backroom dealing and politicking of keeping the undertaking afloat. But unfortunately more time is spent on the emotional toil caused by Mac's overwork, and the weak and tedious love triangle. The performances are perfunctory, with the wild-eyed yet still wooden Dix contrasting with Banks, whose facial paralysis often makes it hard to tell what his expression is supposed to convey from scene to scene. I wanted to like this more than I did, but there's still some worthwhile moments among the cliches.
    8bbmtwist

    Greek tragedy (hubris) as science fiction

    An interesting futuristic film on the premise of building a tunnel under the Atlantic ocean to link Britian and the USA. Richard Dix is his usual stalwart presence as McAllan, an engineer who has in this scenario already created a tunnel under the English Channel, uniting France and England as of 1940, five years in the future from when the film was released.

    There are the usual disasters, delays and money problems. The crux of the film though rises from the tragic flaw of hubris (pride), which causes tragedy within the family of McAllan due to his dogged determination to put his job/his vision above all else.

    A slight problem results from casting both leading women (Madge Evans and Helen Vinson) since they resemble each other so closely, one has trouble following who is on screen. The best moment is the meeting of the two late in the film and the touching and illuminating scene that results.

    Leslie Banks is excellent as the best friend. Henry Oscar is a marvelous villain, self-assured and wickedly serene.

    Arliss and Huston have two back to back scenes, beginning at 43 minutes in and one hour and fifteen minutes in. They are quite short and constitute cameos.

    The real star here is the art direction of the tunnel itself.

    It is kept vague as to exactly how the USA and the UK are going to benefit from this tunnel, however. Seems more problematic than somewhat as opposed to sea or air travel.

    It's quite gripping and quite enjoyable. Recommended.

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    • Anecdotes
      One of the plot elements that crops up in the movie is a volcanic area that the tunnelers run into about halfway across the Atlantic. This makes sense, as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a very active area. The neat part in relation to the movie is that while the existence of a "Ridge" on the seafloor was known at the time, it was not known that it was so active. It wasn't until the Heezen/Ewing/Tharp mapping of the ocean floor in the 1950s that people discovered that Seismic activity and "Seafloor Spreading" due to magma seepage were going on. That was about 20 years after the makers of the film surmised Magma pockets near the Mid-Atlantic.
    • Gaffes
      Although the story takes place over a period of about twenty years, none of the principal players shows any sign of aging, despite all the ordeals encountered.
    • Citations

      Richard 'Mack' McAllan: There are bigger things than money.

      Airways Magnate: We don't deal in 'em.

    • Crédits fous
      At the end of the opening credits, a card comes up with "Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd. were fortunate in securing the services of Mr. George Arliss and Mr. Walter Huston for the parts of Prime Minister of Great Britain and President of the United States."
    • Connexions
      Edited from Der Tunnel (1933)

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    • Date de sortie
      • 25 août 1936 (France)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Royaume-Uni
    • Langue
      • Anglais
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Transatlantic Tunnel
    • Société de production
      • Gaumont British Picture Corporation
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    • Durée
      1 heure 34 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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