A catastrophic torpedo explosion traps a Russian submarine crew, triggering a tense international rescue effort hampered by bureaucracy and technical failures.
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.
Thomas Vinterberg
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