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Kursk (2018)

Kursk poster
Directed by
Thomas Vinterberg
Genre
drama film, disaster film, historical film
Country
Belgium, France
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 712 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This film dramatizes the 2000 disaster of the Russian submarine Kursk. It follows the crew trapped inside the sunken vessel and the efforts of their families to get help.

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What happens

Kursk (UK: Kursk: The Last Mission, US: The Command) is a 2018 disaster drama-thriller film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, based on Robert Moore's book A Time to Die, about the true story of the 2000 Kursk submarine disaster. It stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Max von Sydow, and Colin Firth. It was the last of von Sydow's films to be released during his lifetime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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