

Kursk
Together till the end.
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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6.6/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- submarine
- based on true story
- struggle for survival
- russian politics
- russian history
- sunken submarine
- naval disaster
- underwater rescue
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Produced in
Belgium, France, Luxembourg
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1321 Jun 2019
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A12 Jul 2019
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalDVD2 Jul 2019
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival8 Jun 2019
- Theatrical29 Aug 2019
- Digital / OTTM1 Jan 2021
CanadaCA
- PremierePGToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2018
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical27 Feb 2020
BelgiumBE
- TheatricalKT/EA7 Nov 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical149 Jan 2020
CambodiaKH
- PremiereCambodia International Film Festival10 Mar 2019
ChileCL
- Theatrical12 Mar 2020
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical29 Aug 2019
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+17 Jan 2019
Frequently asked questions
Kursk was released on 7 November 2018.
Audience reviews
2- S6/10
SWITCH.
6/11/2019
Presumably, lessons were learned in the aftermath of this disaster. But the fact that the filming of ‘Kursk’ was delayed after the Russian Ministry of Defence failed to provide a permit on time, with suggestions that they grew concerned over giving the crew access to classified locations and information, does make you wonder. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/23/2024
As with many a tale like this - we will probably never know the whole story of how the Russian submarine "Kursk" came to sink and of the desperate attempts to rescue the stranded sailors. What Thomas Vinterberg does here, though, is direct a film with a plausible, quite compelling, narrative that elicits good, solid, performances from Matthias Schoenaerts and August Diehl who manage to convey the claustrophobic scene…
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