Kursk (film)

Kursk
Theatrical release poster
Directed byThomas Vinterberg
Screenplay byRobert Rodat
Based onA Time to Die
by Robert Moore
Produced by
  • Ariel Zeitoun
  • Patrick Vandenbosch
  • Christophe Toulemonde
  • Fabrice Delville
  • Jérôme de Béthune
StarringMatthias Schoenaerts
Léa Seydoux
Artemiy Spiridonov
Colin Firth
Peter Simonischek
August Diehl
Max von Sydow
CinematographyAnthony Dod Mantle
Edited byValdís Óskarsdóttir
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
EuropaCorp
Belga Productions
VIA EST
Distributed byEuropaCorp Distribution
Release dates
  • September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06) (TIFF)
  • November 7, 2018 (2018-11-07) (France)
Running time
117 minutes
CountriesBelgium
France[1]
Luxembourg[2]
LanguageEnglish[3][4]
Budget$40 million[5][6][7]
Box officeat least $6.8 million[8]

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. It stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Max von Sydow, and Colin Firth. It was the last film featuring von Sydow to be released before his death in March 2020.

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  2. ^ Jessica Kiang (2018-09-13). "Toronto Film Review: 'Kursk'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference EuropaCorp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference English-language was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Britse Oscarwinnaar én Matthias Schoenaerts zes weken aan de slag in Lint". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 10 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Oscarwinnaar zes weken in ons land voor duurste filmproductie op Belgische bodem". De Standaard (in Dutch). 10 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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  8. ^ Kursk. BOM, 2019 (partial data only)