Movie
K-19: The Widowmaker
Overview
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-07-19
- Runtime
- 138 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller, Mystery, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Intermedia Films, Palomar Pictures, First Light, IMF Internationale Medien und Film 2 & Produktions, K-19 Film Production, National Geographic Films, Studio Trite
- Country
- Canada, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Harrison Ford as Alexei Vostrikov
- Liam Neeson as Mikhail Polenin
- Peter Sarsgaard as Vadim Radtchinko
- Joss Ackland as Marshal Zelentsov
- John Shrapnel as Admiral Bratyeev
- Donald Sumpter as Dr. Savran
- Tim Woodward as Partonov
- Steve Nicolson as Demichev
- George Anton as Konstantin
- James Francis Ginty as Anatoly
- Lex Shrapnel as Kornilov
- Ingvar E. Sigurðsson as Gorelov
Crew
- Kathryn Bigelow - Director
- Christopher Kyle - Screenplay
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