Jack Dawson (DiCaprio) was a real worker of the Titanic crew, although he did not have a love interest in real life. He died when the ship sank, in 1912.
Fiction
The drawing of Rose was made by the director of the movie, James Cameron.
History
Some paintings from Pablo Picasso that are abord of the Titanic in the movie were in fact lost when the ship sank.
Fiction
There was only one black passenger on the Titanic. His pregnant wife and two daughters were able to escape, but he died on the ship.
History
The couple who decided to go down with the ship, depicted on the movie, in fact died by choice on the Titanic. Witnesses claim that the woman said to her husband "We have been living together for many years. Where you go, I go."
History
The Titanic band played on up until the ship sank.
History
The third class passengers were stopped by gates, as it is shown in the movie, to give an advantage to the first and second class passengers.
Fiction
The movie's underwater shots of the Titanic were in their majority of the real Titanic ship.
History
The Heart of the Ocean (Rose's necklace) was a real stone valued in $2.2 million.
Fiction
About 6 passengers were rescued on the water by lifeboats (like Rose), a few of them by Officer Lowe (Rose's rescuer in the movie)
History
