Kursk (UK: Kursk: The Last Mission, US: The Command) is a 2018 disaster drama-thriller film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, based on Robert Moore's book A Time to Die, about the true story of the 2000 Kursk submarine disaster.

As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. Kursk is inspired by the unforgettable true story of the K-141 Kursk, a Russian flagship nuclear-powered submarine that sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000.

On Aug. 12, 2000, explosions aboard the Russian submarine Kursk cause it to sink during a naval exercise in the Barents Sea, leaving 23 survivors trapped below on the ocean floor.

As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them. Kursk is inspired by the unforgettable true story of the K-141 Kursk, a Russian flagship nuclear-powered submarine that sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000.

Sep 6, 2018 · Director Thomas Vinterberg and screenwriter Robert Rodat's undersea melodrama 'Kursk' tackles a true-life maritime tragedy. The Kursk submarine disaster is a prime example of...

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Jul 2, 2019 · Thomas Vinterberg ’s Kursk (The Command) is a heart-wrenching drama detailing the disastrous explosion of a Russian submarine that sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in 2000, where 118 men lost their lives.