

K-19: The Widowmaker
Fate has found its hero.
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
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6.6/10
1,253 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $100M
- Box office
- $65.7M
- Language
- English
- submarine
- cold war
- soviet union
- based on true story
- north atlantic
- nuclear
- woman director
- 1960s
- nuclear submarine
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Produced in
Canada, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where to watch
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1319 Jul 2002
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A25 Oct 2002
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM7 Nov 2002
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)14A19 Jul 2002
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1219 Jul 2002
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+21 Nov 2002
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1127 Sept 2002
FranceFR
- TheatricalU18 Sept 2002
- PhysicalDVD15 May 2003
- Digital / OTTVOD28 Oct 2017
- Digital / OTT12Netflix1 Jun 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical124 Sept 2002
GreeceGR
- TheatricalPG13 Sept 2002
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1225 Oct 2002
IsraelIL
- Theatrical24 Oct 2002
- PhysicalDVD19 Aug 2003
- Digital / OTTiTunes / Apple TV29 Jan 2026
Frequently asked questions
K-19: The Widowmaker was released on 19 July 2002.
Audience reviews
2- T6/10
tmdb28039023
8/27/2022
K-19: The Widowmaker is the Russian answer to Run Silent, Run Deep/Crimson Tide, except that it's about as Russian as Michael Apted’s Gorky Park – still, not bad company to be in at all. Like Gorky Park, which had two late greats in Will Hurt and Brian Dennehy, K-19 gravitates around two solid performers: Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson in the Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster/Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington roles …
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
9/3/2023
A rather clunky cold-war maritime thriller that manages to mix plausible science with shallow propaganda in a rather cack-handed fashion - and a (mis)casting that gives the film the same sinking feeling that the submarine must have felt when it first put to sea. It's a synch that the 2-kopeck systems aboard this state of the art Russian boat "K-19" are going to cause the maiden voyage to be riddled with dangers, and …
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