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Kursk

Movie·2018·Drama, History, Thriller·1h 58m·6.6 (706)·Directed by Thomas Vinterberg

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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.

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Matthias SchoenaertsMatthias SchoenaertsMikhail AverinLéa SeydouxLéa SeydouxTanya AverinaPeter SimonischekPeter SimonischekAdmiral Vyacheslav GrudzinskyMax von SydowMax von SydowAdmiral Vladimir PetrenkoAugust DiehlAugust DiehlAnton MarkovColin FirthColin FirthCommodore David RussellBjarne HenriksenBjarne HenriksenRussian Rescue Ship CaptainMagnus MillangMagnus MillangOleg Lebedev

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