K-19: The Widowmaker
A Soviet submarine commander must race against a deadly reactor failure and relentless Cold‑War tension to save his crew and avert an international catastrophe.
“Fate has found its hero.”
Synopsis
When Russia
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A crew of 57+ credited
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Edited by Walter MurchShot by Jeff CronenwethScored by Klaus BadeltDesigned by Karl Juliusson
Box Office
2002 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.7× its budget
Why 2.5×?
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Worldwide gross
$65.7M
US & Canada: $35.2M — 54% of worldwide · International: $30.5M (46%)
Opening weekend: $12.8M — 36% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.
Opening week (7-day): $17.7M — 50% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 2,828 theaters
Also known as
- K-19 - Showdown in der Tiefede
- K-19 : Le Piège des profondeursfr
- K-19it
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Cast & Crew
57 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Harrison Ford
as Capt. Alexei Vostrikov
Sam Spruell
as Dmitri
Liam Neeson
as Mikhail Polenin
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as Capt. Alexei Vostrikov
Peter Stebbings
as Kuryshev
Peter Sarsgaard
as Vadim Radtchinko
Christian Camargo
as Pavel
Joss Ackland
as Marshal Zelentsov
Roman Podhora
as Lapinsh
John Shrapnel
as Admiral Bratyeev
Sam Redford
as Vasily
Donald Sumpter
as Dr. Savran
Supporting cast
30Steve Nicolson
as Demichev
Tim Woodward
as Partonov
Ravil Isyanov
as Suslov
George Anton
as Konstantin
James Francis Ginty
as Anatoly
Lex Shrapnel
as Kornilov
Ingvar E Sigur Sson
as Gorelov
Shaun Benson
as Leonid
Dmitry Chepovetsky
as Sergei
Christopher Redman
as Kiklidze
Tygh Runyan
as Maxim
Peter Graham
as Danya Yashin
Shawn Mathieson
as Stepan
Jacob Pitts
as Grigori
Christopher Routh
as Oleg
Lubomir Mykytiuk
as Dr. Gavril
Michael Gladis
as Yevgeny Borzenkov
Kristen Holden Ried
as Anton
Natalya Vintilova
as Katya (as Natalia Vintilova)
Steve Cumyn
as Arseni
Austin Strugnell
as Yakov Rakitin
Arsenty Sydelnykov
as Seymon 'Syoma' Dydik
Jj Feild
as Andrei
Peter Oldring
as Vanya
Joshua Close
as Viktor
Gerrit Vooren
as Voslensky
Joey Purpura
as Georgi (as Gerrit Purpura)
Lev Prygunov
as Ivan Vershinin
Jeremy Akerman
as Fyodor Tsetkov
Lee J Campbell
as Judge
Directors
1Writers
2Producers
4Other crew
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