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6.6
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6.9

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Critic Benjamin Lee
rated 8

The most notable, and successful, of these is Vinterberg’s decision to play with the screen ratio...he employs intimate camerawork in the scenes between the men both above and below sea level...some eerily effective views of the water...

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Critic Ian Freer
rated 6

...an intermittently entertaining old-school disaster movie, helped by strong craft, hindered by on-the-nose writing and an overwhelming sense of the familiar.

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Cast & Crew

Max von Sydow
As Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Martin Brambach
As Kursk Captain Gennady Shirokov
Colin Firth
As Commodore David Russell
Matthias Schweighöfer
As Pavel Sonin
Michael Nyqvist
As Nesterov
Pernilla August
As Oksana
Bjarne Henriksen
As Russian Rescue Ship Captain

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Kursk is a historical drama film that tells the story of the real-life submarine disaster that occurred in 2000. When a Russian nuclear submarine sinks during a training exercise, 23 sailors fight for survival while their families battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. The movie follows the crew's desperate struggle to stay alive and the heart-wrenching sacrifices they must make as they await rescue. Meanwhile, their families are met with silence and resistance from the government, which puts politics above human life. As time runs out for the trapped sailors, an international rescue mission becomes a race against fate in this gripping and emotionally charged drama.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Kursk include Hotel Mumbai, Sound of Freedom, Battle for Afghanistan, Raazi, The Arctic Convoy, Mission Majnu.

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Kursk was released in theaters on June 21, 2019.