Filmed simultaneously with English-language version Atlantic (1929), French-language version Atlantis (1930) and silent version Atlantic (1929). Victor Kendall wrote a silent film-style scenario for all three movies. He then collaborated with another writer to write the dialogue, in this case director Ewald André Dupont.
Theodor Loos went on to star in another German production based on the sinking of the Titanic, Titanic (1943).