72 Meters
Synopsis
The film begins in the 1980s Soviet Union. Two best friends, Orlov and Muravyev, are serving at the Black Sea Navy Base in Sevastopol, Crimea. Both fall in love with one beautiful girl Nelly, and their friendship suffers a first blow. Because she picks Muravyev, his friend Orlov struggles with an inferiority complex and becomes a secretive alcoholic. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both friends are transferred to the Northern Fleet on the Polar Ocean. One day their sub is performing a routine training. A disturbed WWII mine slowly moves on a collision course with the sub. A mighty blast knocks down everyone inside the wrecked sub, 72 meters below the sea level. Then ensues a nerve-racking struggle for survival.
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Edited by Oleg RayevskyShot by Ilya DyominScored by Ennio MorriconeDesigned by Konstantin Melnikov
Box Office
2004 · Box office
Produced on a $1.6M budget
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$1.6M
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23 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Sergey Makovetskiy
as Chernenko
Marat Basharov
as Captain-Leutenant Pyotr Orlov
Andrey Krasko
as 1st Class Captain Yanychar
Dmitriy Ulyanov
as Captain-Leutenant Ivan Murav'yov
Chulpan Khamatova
as Nelly
Stanislav Nikolski
as Seaman Molodoy
Sergey Garmash
as Senior Warrant Officer Nikolai Krauz
Vladislav Galkin
as Senior Warrant Officer Mikhajlov
Igor Livanov
as 3rd Class Captain Konovalenko
Artyom Mikhalkov
as Warrant Officer Nechayev
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