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Kursk

2018 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

6.6/10

Rating

118 min

Runtime

2018

Release Year

Thomas Vinterberg

Director

Cast

Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, Max von Sydow, August Diehl

Quick Synopsis

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.

Full Plot Summary of Kursk

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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