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.

PRINCIPAL CAST

MATTHIAS SCHOENAERTSMikhail Averin

LÉA SEYDOUXTanya Averina

PETER SIMONISCHEKAdmiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky

MAX VON SYDOWAdmiral Vladimir Petrenko

AUGUST DIEHLAnton Markov

COLIN FIRTHCommodore David Russell