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K-19: Doomsday Submarine

K-19: Doomsday Submarine

2002TV Movie⏱️ 52mTV-PG
DocumentaryHistory
6.9
IMDB Rating
80 votes

The disastrous first combat patrol of the K-19, the Soviet Union's first atomic-powered nuclear missile submarine.

Director
Jane Armstrong
Writers
Gary Lang, Herrie ten Cate
Stars
Herrie ten Cate, Robin Collins, David Karave
Language
English
Country
Canada
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Herrie ten Cate
as Self - Narrator
Robin Collins
Robin Collins
as Self - Vladimir Yenin
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David Karave
as Self - Lieutenant Yuriy Povstyev
John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
as Self
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
as Self
👤
Sergei Kovalev
as Self (K-19 Designer)
👤
Radiy Shmakov
as Self (Submarine Designer)
Theodore Sorensen
Theodore Sorensen
as Self (Special Counsel to the President)
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Vladimir Vaganov
as Self (K-19 First Officer)
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Nikolai Zateyev
as Self (K-19 Commander)

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Black and White
Production
CineNova Productions Inc.

🏷️ Keywords

submarinerussianradiation sicknessradioactive contaminationnuclear submarine

🎯 Categories

DocumentaryHistory

⭐ Featured Review

Good but nothing special
by ville-52007-06-10

"The documentary is well enough made to be entertaining from start to finish. And it's good that once again the cold war politics of the time with Kennedy and Khrushchev are told as they are a somewhat essential backdrop for the accident and what follows. Also the ex-commander of the K-19 gives his thoughts how he expected Kreml to react to all. Very interesting stuff. The documentary is informative and to the point. The failure in the nuclear reactor is depicted in layman's terms, as are the actions of the sub and crew before and after the accident with professional actors staging t..."

📖 Synopsis

The disastrous first combat patrol of the K-19, the Soviet Union's first atomic-powered nuclear missile submarine.