The Command

The biggest threat to the crew trapped in the sunken Russian submarine is the bureaucracy on land. Thomas Vinterberg's film based on a true story.

Kursk
Belgium, Luxembourg 2018
  • Czech
117 min.
12+
  • This film is available until 31. 7. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.
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Inspired by the real-life catastrophic event that occurred aboard the Kursk in 2000, the film follows the final hours of an „unsinkable“ Russian nuclear submarine sinking to the bottom of the Arctic waters of the Barents Sea. Several crew members survive the initial explosion, including the commander Mikhail Kalekov (Matthias Schoenaerts), who has a pregnant wife (Lea Seydoux) and child waiting for him at home. A desperate struggle against time begins. Unfortunately, the rescue operation is complicated by dilapidated equipment and bureaucracy between Russia, France, Norway and Britain, as British Navy chief David Russell (Colin Firth) tries to persuade the Russian government to accept foreign aid.

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Credits
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Based on: Robert Moore
Screenplay: Robert Rodat
Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Sound: Guillaume Bouchateau, Nicolas Becker, Jean-Paul Hurier
Editing: Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Production Design: Thierry Flamand
Producer: Jérôme de Béthune, Fabrice Delville, Christophe Toulemonde, Patrick Vandenbosch, Ariel Zeitoun
Costumes: Catherine Marchand
Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Max von Sydow, Colin Firth, Bjarne Henriksen, Magnus Millang, Artemiy Spiridonov, Joel Basman
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  • This film is available until 31. 7. 2025 in these territories: Czechia, Slovakia.