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Kursk
“Together till the end.”
6.6 / 10• 2018• 1h 58m•PG-13• English
DramaHistoryThrillerAction
Storyline
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
Cast & Crew
Matthias Schoenaerts
Mikhail Averin
Lead
Léa Seydoux
Tanya Averina
Peter Simonischek
Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky
Max von Sydow
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
August Diehl
Anton Markov
Colin Firth
Commodore David Russell
Bjarne Henriksen
Russian Rescue Ship Captain
Magnus Millang
Oleg Lebedev
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Thomas Vinterberg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Kursk is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
