K-19: The Widowmaker

K-19: The Widowmaker
Directed byKathryn Bigelow
Screenplay byChristopher Kyle
Story byLouis Nowra
Produced by
  • Kathryn Bigelow
  • Edward S. Feldman
  • Sigurjón Sighvatsson
  • Christine Whitaker
  • Matthias Deyle
Starring
CinematographyJeff Cronenweth
Edited byWalter Murch
Music byKlaus Badelt
Production
companies
  • Intermedia Films
  • National Geographic Films
  • Palomar Pictures[1]
  • First Light[1]
Distributed by
Release dates
  • July 19, 2002 (2002-07-19) (United States)
  • September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05) (Germany)
  • October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25) (United Kingdom)
Running time
138 minutes[3]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
  • Canada
LanguagesEnglish
Russian
Budget$90 million[1]
Box office$65.7 million

K-19: The Widowmaker is a 2002 independent historical movie about one of the first Soviet nuclear submarines. The film is directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow. The lead actors are Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson. The film had mixed reviews[4] and did not make much money. The film had a budget of $90 million.[5]

Plot 

Captain Alexei Vostrikov commands a ballistic submarine with executive officer Mikhail Polenin. Vostrikov replaces a drunk reactor officer with Radtchenko. The ship tests missiles near the United States. Vostikov has the ship do risky things like crash into the icecaps. One of the rods of the nuclear reactant gets damaged. Men are exposed to radiation and get sick. Vostrikov says no to American help. The fixed pipe leaks and torpedo fuel catches fire. Tension arises between officers and commanders. Radtchenko fixes the problem. Polenin tricks the officers and arrests them. Vostrikov has the submarine dive to avoid overheating. Later in the Soviet Union, Vostrikov is tried for breaking orders. Polenin defends Vostrikov. Twenty-seven men had died from the radiation. Many years later, Vostrikov and Polenin meet again at the cemetery. Vostrikov toasts and honors the dead men.

Cast

  • Harrison Ford as Captain 2nd Rank Alexei Vostrikov, Commanding Officer
  • Liam Neeson as Captain 3rd Rank Mikhail "Misha" Polenin, Executive Officer
  • Peter Sarsgaard as Lieutenant Vadim Radtchenko, Reactor Officer
  • Joss Ackland as Marshal Zolentsov, Defence Minister
  • John Shrapnel as Admiral Bratyeev
  • Donald Sumpter as Captain 3rd Rank Gennadi Savran, Medical Officer
  • Tim Woodward as Vice-Admiral Konstantin Partonov
  • Steve Nicolson as Captain 3rd Rank Yuri Demichev, Torpedo Officer
  • Ravil Isyanov as Captain 3rd Rank Igor Suslov, Political Officer
  • Christian Camargo as Petty Officer Pavel Loktev, Senior Reactor Technician
  • George Anton as Captain-Lieutenant Konstantin Poliansky, Missile Officer
  • James Francis Ginty as Seaman Anatoly Subachev, Reactor Technician
  • Lex Shrapnel as Captain-Lieutenant Mikhail Kornilov, Communications Officer
  • Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Captain 3rd Rank Viktor Gorelov, Chief Engineer
  • Sam Spruell as Senior Seaman Dmitri Nevsky
  • Sam Redford as Petty Officer 2nd Class Vasily Mishin
  • Peter Stebbings as Kuryshev
  • Shaun Benson as Chief Petty Officer Leonid Pashinski
  • Kristen Holden-Ried as Captain-Lieutenant Anton Malahov
  • Dmitry Chepovetsky as Sergei Maximov
  • Tygh Runyan as Petty Officer 1st Class Maxim Portenko, Sonar Operator
  • Jacob Pitts as Grigori
  • Michael Gladis as Senior Seaman Yevgeny Borzenkov
  • JJ Feild as Andrei Pritoola
  • Peter Oldring as Vanya Belov
  • Joshua Close as Viktor
  • Jeremy Akerman as Fyodor Tsetkov, Captain of the S-270

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Widowmaker' (12A)." The Numbers. Retrieved: April 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "K-19: Showdown in der Tiefe". filmportal.de. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "K-19 - The Widowmaker". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ K-19: The Widowmaker, retrieved 2022-07-27
  5. ↑ "K-19: The Widowmaker". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-07-27.