Synopsis
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.
Cast

Matthias Schoenaerts
Mikhail Averin

Léa Seydoux
Tanya Averina

Peter Simonischek
Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky

Max von Sydow
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko

August Diehl
Anton Markov

Colin Firth
Commodore David Russell

Bjarne Henriksen
Russian Rescue Ship Captain

Magnus Millang
Oleg Lebedev

Artemiy Spiridonov
Misha Averin

Joel Basman
Leo

Pit Bukowski
Maxim

Matthias Schweighöfer
Pavel Sonin

Tom Hudson
Roman

Chris Pascal
Niko

Kristof Coenen
Sasha

Pernilla August
Oksana

Helene Reingaard Neumann
Vera

Martin Brambach
Kursk Captain Gennady Shirokov

Peter Plaugborg
Kursk Executive Officer Alexander Grekov

Guillaume Kerbusch
Torpedo's Room Midshipman Alexi Zhukov

Koen De Sutter
Admiral Ivakin (Peter the Great)

Gustaf Hammarsten
Lesser Admiral Mikhail Denisov (Peter the Great)

Aske Bang
Lt. Pulsky (Peter the Great)

Lars Brygmann
Priz Pilot Kasyenenko
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