The docu-drama A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the Titanic, will be shown in Sidmouth on April 12 - the 112th anniversary of the disaster.

The Titanic had its fateful collision with an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11.40pm on April 12 1912.

The film, starring stalwarts of British cinema such as Kenneth More and Honor Blackman, sticks as accurately as possible to the true story of what happened that night.

The screening at the Radway Cinema has been organised by the Sidmouth Film Society.

Jennifer Jennings-Wright from the society said: "This incredible film was released in 1958, at a time that many of the survivors of the sinking were very much still alive.

"The filmmakers were aware of this, and were intent on doing faithful service to those survivors by sticking to the facts of the story, and pulling few punches in the depiction of the tragedy.

"This is definitely the Titanic film to see. James Cameron’s 1997 version was perfectly OK, but if you want the real story, come and see A Night to Remember."

The screening will start at 7pm on Friday, April 12. Tickets are £5/£6 and include a short discussion about the film afterwards, during which complimentary tea and coffee will be served. There will be a collection in the cinema's foyer in support of Sidmouth Lifeboat, the town’s maritime independent emergency service, which is not part of the RNLI and is completely dependent on donations. 

Fans of great cinema are reminded that on Sunday, March 31, Sidmouth Film Society is showing the French classic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, and on Sunday, April 28 there’s the 'weepie par excellence' Brief Encounter. All screenings are at the Radway Cinema, starting at 7pm.