Kursk

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Matthias Schoenaerts Mikhail Averin

Léa Seydoux Tanya Averina

Peter Simonischek Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky

Max von Sydow Admiral Vladimir Petrenko

August Diehl Anton Markov