"Inspired by events that actually happened" "No one could tell this story for 28 years." "In 1961" "The Soviet Union had enough nuclear arms to destroy the world twice." "The United States had enough nuclear arms to destroy the world ten times." "Each nation constantly produced more." "In 1961" "The Americans deployed nuclear submarines within range of Leningrad and Moscow." "The leaders of both sides insisted that war was inevitable." "It was just a question of time." "All compartments report readiness." " Compartment 1, manned and ready." " Compartment 2, manned and ready." "All men take positions." "Compartment 4, manned and ready." "Compartment 5, manned and ready." "Compartment 6, manned and ready." "Compartment 7, manned and ready." "Compartment 8, manned and ready." "Compartment 9, manned and ready." "Compartment 10, manned and ready." "Comrade Captain, the boat is ready for live firing of the main missiles." "Activate emergency action procedure for nuclear weapon release." " The Political Department stands ready to do its duty." " Excuse me." "Doors to number 1 missile tube open." "Comrade Captain, Moscow has confirmed nuclear weapons release authority." "Number 1 hatch open, silo free." "Firing up consoles for missile launch." "Maintain current course and speed." "Course steady 2-9-0, maintaining speed at 6 knots." "Hatch number 1 open, silo free." " Fueling in progress." " Activate the warhead of the number 1 missile." " Up scope." " Periscope going up!" "Switch air control console to primary." " 60 seconds within range, Captain." " Emergency dive after launch." " Missile number 1 fueled." " Table elevated." " Down scope." " Ready for firing sequence." " Launch number 1 missile." " Time to launch, 15 seconds." "14, 13, 12 11, 10..." "Captain, we've been fired on." "Enemy torpedo at bearing 1-9-0." "7..." " Dive the submarine, keep 50 meters." " Keep 50 meters." "Turbines ahead together." "3, 2, 1..." "Captain!" " Force deactivation." " The launching sequence is not responding." " Estimate torpedo at 6000 meters." " The drill is over." "Comrade Polenin, do you have an explanation for this disappointment?" "Comrade Admiral, it's just another burnout in the ignition sequence." " I will require the names of those responsible" " I don't know names." "Some jackass supplied a 30 kopeck insulator to do a 50 kopeck job!" "That's what I have to fight before I can fight a war!" " Comrade Admiral, the boat will be at sea." " Yes!" "On schedule, before the month is out." "I'll give you name, my name!" "Polenin Mikhail, Captain K-19." "So, write it down." "MOSCOW" "After you've successfully completed trials on mechanical propulsion and navigation systems in the Bering Sea you will proceed beneath the ice to the launch area here and test fire the missile." "My orders were to prepare K-19 for sea trials." "They'll be on schedule." "Until trials are done, to undertake an exercise of this scope may be, with respect, premature." "There is no doubt in my mind that K-19 is ready to fulfill her mission." "Operation Arctic Circle is no mere exercise." "What is to stop the Americans from destroying Moscow and Leningrad?" "Only one thing." "A certain knowledge of destruction in return." "K-19 is that knowledge but not until Kennedy has been told by his own spy planes we have it and it works." "I promised Comrade Krusciov that Kennedy will receive this message before the end of the month." "Comrade Marshall, perhaps Captain Polenin might..." "Captain Polenin put his boat and his men before the Party." "He will be under your command." "That's all there is to it." "KOLA PENINSULA" " Check and isolate it." " Done." "Captain on the CCP!" " At ease." " Captain." " What's your name, please." " Demichev, torpedo officer, Captain." " May I ask the Captain's name and purpose?" " My name is Vostrikov." "Where is Captain Polenin?" "Come in." "Yes?" " Good morning, Captain." " Comrade Captain Vostrikov!" "That will be all, Yuri." "Come in, please." "Captain." "With the short lead in time to sea trials Headquarters wanted your expertise on board and I'm pleased to have it." "I know this could be difficult..." "It's never difficult to do one's duty, Captain." "I was preparing my briefing on the crew and on the boat." " I see." " The problems fitting her out." "But my orders said you would not be arriving until tomorrow." " The briefing can wait." "Please, show me the boat." " Yes, of course." "We're finally getting the turbines up to speed." "With luck, I'd say within a week we might be able to run a test." "The equipment has not yet arrived, Comrade Captain." " Noted, Comrade Captain." " The reactor compartment." " How hard are you running it?" " We're at 50% for the turbine test." " What is the absorption rate of the rods?" " 3% above normal." "Where is the reactor officer?" "Lieutenant Yashin?" " This man is drunk." "Do you tolerate this?" " Of course not." "Prepare charges against this man." "Inform Command we need a replacement." "Yes, Captain." "Lieutenant Yashin is the best reactor officer in the Navy." "He's never been drunk before." "We need him, I urge you to reconsider." "I want this boat out of dry dock." "Sea trials begin in two weeks." "The boat isn't ready, the problem is Moscow." "They organize Party VIP tours while we're stuck with defective parts." "Sea trials will begin as scheduled." "We deliver or we drown." "In the history of the Soviet Navy no sailors have been given such a boat as K-19." "It is the finest submarine in the world." "You have been given the honor to be her crew." "I have been given the honor to be her captain." "Without me you are nothing." "Without you I am nothing." "Much is expected of us." "We will not fail." "We're cursed." "Easy!" "Keep it level!" "Steady!" "Down!" " Coming through, permission to pass." " What do you have there?" " A new scope for the sonar station." " Carry on, install it." " I work on the reactor, Captain." " Where is the sonar officer?" "He's on a 24 hour pass." " I initiated relief rotation, it's good for efficiency." " No more passes." " We need everyone here." " Yes, Captain." "Comrade Captain, Lieutenant Vadim Radchenko reporting for duty." "I'm your new reactor officer." " What was your last posting?" " Nuclear Training Academy." " You've never operated a reactor at sea." " I was first in my class." " Thank you." " Report to the reactor control room." " Yes, sir." " That way." " Thank you." " Captain..." " He's qualified, or Command wouldn't have sent him." " Officer on deck!" " Pavel Loktev, Senior Technician." "Stepan Komarov, Anatoly Subachev, Grigory Diomin, Oleg Argunov." " Show me to the control room." " Anatoly." " Come on, boys!" " Keep moving!" "Move it!" " Move, take it!" " Hurry up!" " Coming through!" " Let's go!" "I have to stop the truck!" "They gave me the wrong drugs!" "Stop the truck!" "They're the wrong drugs!" "You gave me the wrong drugs." "You idiots, stop!" "Help him, hurry!" "Doctor!" "He's dead." "Stay with the body till the ambulance comes." "The rest of you, back to work." "Back to work!" "Gavril!" "Back to work!" "Captain, ever since the solid ballast was loaded we've had a half degree list to port and she won't even up." "We'll compensate with sea water ballast until we get back to port." "If we get back to port." "You know what the man call this boat?" ""The widow maker"." "Five died from fumes sealing the tanks." "Another four in construction." "Now the doctor." "The champagne bottle." "Ten dead and we haven't left dock." " They confide fears to their commander?" "The crew is a family, the captain is their father." "My father inspired more fear than he indulged." "I was told there are two versions about your father." "One, he was a hero of the revolution." " Two, he died in the gulag." " Both are true." "How are those safety checks going on down below, Captain?" "Proceeding." "Misha!" "There you go." "40 centimeters of head room and he gives half to a rodent!" "Wrap this around your private parts." "The gamma rays can..." " You should take your dosimeter once a day to the doctor." " Why?" "He reads it and tells you how long before your torpedo falls off." "Captain." " I'm Savran, your new medical officer." " Your last posting?" "No, I'm the base physician here." "They said there was an emergency." " Welcome to K-19, Doctor." " We will be back soon, won't we?" " I get..." " What?" "Sea sick." "Gentlemen!" " Vostrikov marries a girl..." " Yuri, you promised." "Vostrikov marries a girl with top Party connections." "He knows which fork to use for salad, so they make him a captain." " That's why you've not been promoted." " We're all good Communists here." " To good Communists!" " To good Communists!" " You're drunk." "Sit down." " Gentlemen, a little bit of respect." " Captain Vostrikov doesn't know you like I do." " You're still the captain." "He's the captain, I'm executive officer." "I'm pleased to be with you." "My turn." "They say there was a cosmonaut who orbited Earth before Yuri Gagarin." "But he was not loyal enough to hold his breath when his life support system gave out." "So now he never existed." "Gagarin was lucky." "Let's hope we are too." "To luck!" " To luck!" " To luck!" "Vadim!" " Vadim!" " Kataya!" "Kataya!" "Vadim!" " Don't worry." " Don't go!" " Don't worry!" " No!" "Please!" "Defense Minister Zelentsov, Admiral Bratyeev request permission to defend the mother land." " Carry out your duty!" " All hands down." " All hands down!" " Single up all lines." " Single up all lines!" " Land the gangway." " Land the gangway!" " Gangway landed!" " K-19 ready for sea, Captain." " Full turbines, slow ahead." " Full turbines, slow ahead." "Slow ahead!" "I just hope you picked the right men." "All men, take your posts!" " All compartments prepare to dive." " All hatches closed." " Open midship vent." " Prepare to dive, Captain." "Dive to port." "Speed 6 knots, depth 50 meters." " Speed 6 knots, make your depth 50 meters." " Making depth 50 meters." " Slow ahead together!" " Course?" " Course is steady, 3-2-3." " Depth under the keel?" " 350 meters." " 20 meters." " Testing and correct." "30 meters." "Don't worry, it will stop once the pressure increases." "Simulate an electrical fire in the galley, please." "Fire in switch box 65." "This is a drill." "Get going!" " Fire, get the hose!" " Move!" " Here!" " It's stuck!" " 50 meters!" " The fire has spread to the next compartment." "Simulate an electrical failure in compartment 4." " Electrical failure, compartment 4." " Compartment 4, electrical failure!" " Pull it!" "This is a drill." " Move!" "The plug!" "The fire is out in the galley." "Too much damage, too many casualties." "Simulate flooding in compartment 4." "Make them work in the dark." "If this weren't a drill, half the crew would be dead." " Let me speak to the officer in charge." " Try it again tomorrow." "I wanted to say how sympathetic I am about the change in command." "These decisions are not always for us to understand." "Thank you, Comrade Suslov." "Still, you must feel it's an honor to serve on this boat." " Indeed." " It's historic." "Excuse me." " Checking the pressure?" " Yes, Lieutenant." "You know religious icons are forbidden." "This is the future." "Cars that never need refueling." "Free power for every family." "Maybe even travel to the planets." " It's a privilege to be a part of this future." " Yes, Lieutenant." "Good." "Good morning, gentlemen!" " What's this?" " At sea we only shower on Saturdays." "Chemical fire in motor control compartment." "This is a drill." "Watch out!" " Bring it fast!" " Move it!" "Fire in the main switchboard C2L." "Hull rupture in compartment 8." "Fuel spill in aft torpedo room." "Start the drill again." "Officers and sailors, remember." "The American propaganda will always play on your primitive instincts." "Greed, lust, individualism." "American propaganda shows everyone with a nice car, clothes, house but you will never see the truth." "You will not see police dogs attacking strikers or homeless beggars and Negro shanty towns in the South." "You won't see warmongers threatening the world with nuclear holocaust." "Stand by to simulate firing torpedo number 8." " Number8 isn't loaded, Captain." " I know that." "I want you to unload 7 and load 8." " Now, please." "Captain, ice formations near our depth." " I suggest we go deeper and drill later." " Negative." "Ice formations will not be suspended in the event of war." "Unload 7 torpedo." "Load 8 torpedo." "Unload 7 torpedo, load 8 torpedo." "This is a drill." "We need the rest!" "Proceed to your stations immediately!" "Come on!" "Engage running gear!" "Torpedo withdrawn!" "Open number 8!" "Replace torpedo!" "Dimitri, help!" "Hurry!" "Pull it back!" "Come on, don't stop!" "Vasily!" "Vasily!" " Two men injured." " Have them seen by the doctor." "Start the drill again." " Two men short, Captain." " Start the drill again." "Man the torpedo!" "Going under." "Clear!" " I can't, I'm tired." " Attention!" "At ease." "I was told there was some complaining but I said, "Not my men."" ""They're the best crew in the fleet." "They will pull till the last."" "So, any complaints?" "No complaints here, Captain." "Good." "It's not the men's fault." "It's your fault, the officers." "You've failed to set high standards to correct their deficiencies." "If you do your job, the men will do theirs." "That is all." " What's her name?" " Kataya." " She's pretty." " Yes." " She's pretty." " Yes." "Sorry." " I'm writing to her." " Where are you going to mail it?" " It's in case I die." " In case you die?" "In case I die..." "Report to Captain." ""5 miles from missile launch area." "We are ahead of schedule."" "Good morning, gentlemen." " Course to steer, 185." " 185." " Is there enough pressure?" " Captain." " Captain." " Conduct emergency dive drill." " Bow planes jammed 20 degrees down." " Bow planes jammed 20 degrees down." " Bow planes jammed 20 degrees down." " I have the count." " Prepare to dive." " Move!" "120 meters." "130 meters." "140 meters." "150 meters." "Make them go down to maximum operational depth." "Make your depth 250 meters." "Turbines slow ahead together." " Thank you." " 240 meters." "250 meters." "I respectfully suggest going below 250 meters is an unnecessary risk." " Continue the dive to 300 meters." " That is close to crush depth." "I know." "260 meters." "Make your depth 300 meters." "280 meters." "290 meters." "300 meters!" " Level the bow planes." " Level the bow planes." "Simulate flooding in the torpedo room and emergency surface." "Rapid ascent beneath the ice is not advisable." "I did not ask for your advice." "Flooding in compartment 10." "Emergency surfacing!" "Go!" "Go!" " Man your stations!" "Valve 5." " Secure the base!" "Poliansky, bring the planes to full rise." "Make turns for 20 knots." "Planes to full rise!" "Full ahead to 20 knots." "Pavel, watch!" "Stop." "Pull back!" "Go!" "Pull that chain!" "Move it!" "Go!" " Yes!" " Yes!" " The rupture is sealed." " Excellent." "Recommend we stay at safe depth, Captain." " How thick is the ice here?" " Kornilov, ice recon!" " Come on!" " Less than one meter." " These reports are a week old." " The ice thins at this time of year." " Continue surfacing." " I'm not sure we can control an ascent this fast." " Neither am I. - 130 meters." "120 meters." " 100 meters." " Blow the main ballast!" " We're rolling!" " Request permission to stay at safe depth." " Denied." " 80 meters." " Are we pumping the trim tanks?" " We're rolling to port!" " Blow port." "Shut starboard!" " Change to alternate air supply." " 60 meters." " Stop turbines!" " Stop both turbines." " Level off, dammit!" " 40 meters." " Brace for impact." " Brace for impact!" "Demichev." "Demichev!" "Take the com." "Raise the radio and radar masts." "Give them three sweeps, medium range." "Prepare to fire the test missile." "Prepare to launch test missile." "This is not a drill." "Missile control manned and ready." "Preparing silo 3 for firing missile." "Console for missile launch!" "Number 3 launch door opening." "Moscow confirms test missile launch authority." "Initiating power of procedure, Captain." "Very well." "Fueling in progress." "Simulate activation of the warhead number 3 missile." "Let's go!" " Contact?" " No contacts." " Radar, sonar, contacts?" "No contacts." " Fueling complete." " Ready for firing sequence." "Fire missile three." "Time to launch 15 seconds." "14, 13, 12 11, 10, 9 8, 7, 6 5, 4, 3 2, 1!" "Confirm missile away, Captain!" "Congratulations!" "We just wrote our names into the history books." " Kornilov!" " Captain." " Confirm successful missile launch to Fleet Command." " Yes, Captain." "This is the captain." "We have successfully launched our test missile." " All hands stand down from combat stations." " Yes!" " You'll be in my report for leaving your post." " And you'll be in mine!" "You needlessly endangered this boat and its crew." "200 million Soviet citizens are depending on us to save them from nuclear attack." " I took us to the edge, I need to know where it is." "They're a crew now because they did something they thought they couldn't." "Next time, when it is not a drill they'll die if necessary because that is what their duty demands." "You were lucky this time." "I hope I'm on another boat when your luck runs out." "Yevgeny!" "Come on!" "Vasily!" "Come on everybody, quick!" "Get that laundry out of there." "I want a group around the flag." "Get that laundry out of there!" "You're asleep!" "Get closer." " Over here." " Everybody move, yes." "Closer, closer." "Move closer." "Move into him, closer." "Dimitri, smile!" " Good." " Let's play." "Everything alright?" "Problems?" "No." "Yes." "There is residual condensation in the reactor compartment." "I shut down the n.3 generator and that should reduce the condensation." " I'm counting on you." " Yes, Comrade Captain." "Comrade Captain." "Message from command." "Comrade Commander, the crew is lined up to your order!" "Moscow congratulates us on the launch of our test missile." "We have proved our readiness." " Serving the Soviet Union!" " They honor us with a new assignment." "K-19 is to assume missile control along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States." "This is a mission of critical strategic importance." "The boat will come to full operational status." "Do your best." " I expect nothing less." " Hurrah!" "Crew dismissed!" "He nearly got us killed today." "For what?" "To show the men he didn'twin his bars by marrying a Politburo member's niece?" "You're still our captain, Misha." "And the only one we trust." " Captain Polenin." " Yes?" " Captain Vostrikov wants to see you in the chart room." " Yes." "Misha..." "Command wants us on station as quickly as possible." "Our course will take us past the NATO base at Jan Mayan from there to our patrol zone 400 kilometers off the coastline between Washington and New York." " Make transfer 15 knots." " Speed 15 knots!" " No contacts." "Down scope." " Periscope going down!" "Dive the boat." "Good!" "Pass the soup." " Andrei, more wine!" " You only get one glass." " Come on!" "But because we're the creme de la creme we get a glass of wine because Headquarters tells us the K-19 crew has no equal." " No, it's because we're carrying uranium." "Red wine gives you strontium, or takes it away or something." "Something good." "We should be 70 miles from Jan Mayan, the NATO base." "A mountain, no trees, 15 men, one radio station." "I've seen that island so many times from the periscope." " Misha!" " Yevgeny." "What's the matter?" "I miss seeing the trees." "Seeing the sun, the stars!" "You get used to being underwater." "When I muster out, I'll go work in the coal mine with my brothers." "So it's all the same to me." "Loss of pressure on the primary circuit on the aft reactor." "Check the other sensors." "Confirm loss of pressure!" " We've got a leak!" " Give me the emergency manual!" " Come on!" " I noticed the pumps were drawing too much power during the turbine tests, but I didn't think it was serious." "Move!" "Control rods are dropping!" "Auxiliary pumps!" " The pumps aren't working!" " Recycle them!" " The pressure keeps dropping!" "Confirmed!" " The rods will cool it, right?" " No, they need coolant!" " The core temperature is rising!" " Cut the equalization!" " What's the problem?" " The primary reactor coolant loop is ruptured." "How did this happen?" "I don't know." "The core is heating up, the mission's over!" "I'll tell you when the mission is over." "Who is responsible for this?" "Vostrikov, Alexei!" " Watch yourself, comrade." " Here's another name, Radchenko, Vadim." "The untested reactor officer you put on this boat." "We will fix this problem, we will continue the mission." " Surface!" " Surface the boat!" " How bad is it?" " The leak is in the sealed area." "There's no way to get to it." "The temperature will keep rising until it reaches 1000 degrees and..." "And?" " And what?" " No one knows." "It could start a chain reaction." "There would be radiation leakage." "The core would melt through and start a thermo nuclear explosion." " How long do we have?" " Three or four hours." "Could be less." "Get whatever you need, regardless of rank and solve this." " Yes, Comrade Captain." "Solve this!" "That's why you're here." "Get up!" "Get up!" "Get up!" "Doesn't he ever get tired of drills?" "This is the captain." "We've had a malfunction in the aft reactor." "Measures are being taken to correct the situation." "Remain at your stations." "Read it again." ""In case of sudden drop in the pressure..."" ""...measures must be taken to reduce precipitation heat loss."" "This doesn't work." "The reflux valve isn't here." " What measures?" " There are no measures!" "There's no back up system." " When we reach periscope depth, I'll speak to Fleet Command." " Yes." " Shut the reactordown." " We have, but we can't control the reaction." "Suppose we cross connect the forward reactor pumps to cool both." "The rupture isn't accessible, so we cannot seal the leak." "We'd have two reactors out of control." "So, we still have to cool down the reactor." " Permission to speak, Lieutenant." " Of course." "The coolant is just distilled water." "We have 30 tons of fresh water on board." " How do we get it to the core?" " Pass the schematic." "I need contact with Fleet Command." "Now!" "Still trying, Captain." "The air release pipe can deliver coolant deep enough to the core." "We can hack off the valve and pump in the fresh water supply." " There are high grade pipes in the torpedoes." " It's not much to weld." "And if we can't fix it?" "Hiroshima. 1.4 megatons if you factor in both reactors and the warheads." "Only Hiroshima was a lot less." "Scuttle the boat, get the men off in rafts." "We will not abandon this boat." "Scavenge the pipes." "We'll be ready to go when Command authorization comes through." " Have you reached Fleet Command yet?" " No." "The long range antenna feeder is out." "It ruptured when we submerged." "What's the range of the emergency transmitter, 90 kilometers?" " Up to 100 kilometers, Captain." " Core temperature at 490 degrees." "I'll take it." "Make sure no debris gets into the pipes." " May I have your attention?" " Men, listen!" "I've decided that the reactor unit will effect the repairs." " Teams of two, 10 minutes maximum." " I'll go." " No, I'll need my executive officer to command." " Under the..." "It's out of the question." "I'll go in the first team." "It's my duty." "I'm ready to serve." "Vadim!" "You'll go with the third team to inspect the repair." " Yes, Comrade Captain." " That is all, carry on." "Break!" "Get something!" "Fuel spill!" "Chief!" "Tool box!" " Feed water system isolated!" " Shut off the feed water tanks!" "Meat." "Meat falling off the bone." " Nice and tender, melts in your mouth." " Dumplings." "Dimitri likes dumplings!" " Reactor temperature?" " 530 degrees." " Vasily, how long?" " About 15 minutes." " Good work." "Our equipment is prepared." "We're standing by to enter." " You have time to take the men up top for some air." " Thank you." "Get some air!" "Lieutenant!" " Go on." " I was getting married." "You will." "You will!" "Your hair falls out." " It won't be that bad." " Ten minutes is nothing." "An hour later and our watch would have been over." "It's fate." " We don't have radiation suits." " The warehouse sent chemical suits." " We might as well wear raincoats!" " Misha, I know." " Tell the men these will help." " What else can we do?" "Yeah." "It's only ten minutes." "Do what you can and get out." " It'll be fine." " Captain?" "Men..." "This difficult task has fallen to you." "Our fate is in your hands." "We request permission to carry out reactor repair." "Permission granted." "May God be with you." "What's the core temperature?" "725 degrees." "Entering yellow!" "Come on, easy." "How is it in there?" "Take him to bow torpedo." "Keep him far from radiation." "It's alright." "Give me his dosimeter." "His radiation level is low, Doctor, isn't it?" " Of course." " Report to me on their condition in an hour." "Good news, Anatoly, you got a mild dose." "It's alright." "Comrades, it's time!" "Put the mask on." " Let's go!" " No!" "Ten minutes." "Look at me." "Come on!" "Vadim, time to go!" "Go." "He's alright." "Chief..." "Get them!" "Come on!" "Chief Gorelov's gone in his place." "Captain, you sent for me?" "Yes." "We won't be firing any missiles." " Do you know how to take radiation readings?" " Yes, Comrade Captain." "I want readings from all compartments." "Yes, Captain." " Temperature?" " 925 degrees." " How long?" " 7 minutes and 40 seconds." "Easy!" "Chief!" "Chief!" " Gorelov!" " Yes, go." "He's going to get him." "He's getting him." "The coolant is flowing." "Tell the captain the coolant's flowing." "You did it, Oleg!" "Chief!" "You did it, my boy!" "You showed them how!" "Kornilov, give him a hand!" "Gently." "Come on!" "Captain!" "950!" "930!" "It's dropping!" "920!" "910!" "900!" " Captain." " Chief." "I'm alright." "850." "830, 800!" "This is the captain." "The reactor appears to be under control." "Our thanks to Chief Engineer Gorelov and the third watch reactor unit for a job well done." "Rest, boy." " Ship's head?" " 220, Captain." "Turn the boat around." "Come to a heading of 040." "Forward motor, slow ahead, starboard 30." " Course, 040." " Forward motor, slow ahead, starboard 30, course 040." "Back to base?" "At the speed of 5 knots it will take days." "We shall be a ghost ship." " The men are hungry." " The food is contaminated." "Give them whatever you have in tins and give them red wine to slow the radiation absorption." " Very well, Captain." "It's only 5 units in here, but it's ten times that in the reactor room." " Turn off the ventilation system." " Shut down main ventilation!" "Captain, if we..." "We'll run the boat on skeleton crews." "Put most of the men on top as far from the radiation as possible." "We're 160 kilometers from the NATO of Jan Mayan." " We could go there." " Under no circumstances will I abandon my boat or my crew to the enemy." " What is your plan?" "We're out of radio contact." "If we stay on course..." "There's no time for that." "They will find us." "As usual the captain leaves no room for doubt." "Good." "Dimitri?" "You're fine." "Good, you're fine." "Next." "Good, yes." "Icons are forbidden." "Contact." "Bearing 015." "Range 2000 meters, Captain!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "They're Americans." "Captain." "The jackals have found us." "It's an American destroyer." "Captain!" "The Americans are contacting us on the emergency band." " They're offering assistance." " Tell them we don't need it." "We're just getting some air." " What are they doing?" " Taking pictures of us." "Hey!" "Spies!" "Take a look at this!" " Take a look!" " Everybody!" "Look at this lovely boat!" "Hey!" "Come back!" "Offering assistance." "They want this boat." "What a victory that would be!" "We could get the men off, scuttle the boat." "They'd have to take us." "Captain Polenin is right." "We have life rafts, we can save everyone." "Scuttle the flag ship, present my crew to Americans for interrogation?" "Your duty is to save their lives." "My duty is to defend the State." "I'll die doing that." "You're defending nothing but your own ambition." "Tell that to the men who are dying down there!" "There will be no talk of surrendering to the Americans." "It's treason." "Mention it again and I'll have you confined to your quarters." "And you are the Commissar, representative of the Party." " Show the crew your courage, fear is contagious." " Yes, captain." "Kornilov, stop monitoring the Americans." "They're the enemy." "Help me." "Please." " How are the men?" " How would I know?" " I don't know anything about radiation sickness!" " Please!" "I'm giving them aspirin and I'm trying to prevent the dying from irradiating those of us that have hope." " Pull yourself together." "You are an officer in the Soviet Navy." "Go tell them they're improving." "You say you know nothing about radiation sickness." "Perhaps they are." "The readings are rising in every compartment now." "Misha!" " Suslov." " What is it?" "The radiation is going to kill us all." "The Political Branch gives you authority to change the command." " Only in extreme cases of dereliction of duty." " Which this is." "He's suffering from radiation himself, his judgement's impaired." "Or he would get the men off the boat." "When the moment comes, you'll know it." "The weld is giving way!" "Core temperature is 450 and rising!" "Captain, the reactor repair has failed." " Captain!" " Core temperature is 450 degrees and rising." "This is the captain." "All hands below decks." "Prepare for emergency descent." "All hands below!" "Diving stations!" "Fast!" "Shut the bulkheads!" "I'm not going back down!" "All hands to diving stations!" "We have to go now!" " Andrei, no!" " Andrei, what are you doing?" "Diving now!" " We can't leave him!" " Get in now!" " That's an order!" " We can't just leave him!" "We have to save him!" " Are the Americans still offering assistance?" " The captain..." "Check." "They're still there." "Why's he diving?" "He's going to cook us!" " I won't go!" " Calm down!" "Prepare the tank!" "Give it to me!" " This is bullshit!" " Don't!" " Fire in aft torpedo room!" " Move!" "Aft torpedo!" "Dimitri!" "Vasily!" " Report!" " Fire in aft torpedo." " Activate the fire suppression system." " That would kill everybody." " They have breathing kits." " No, we took the oxygen for the reactor team." " Activate the system!" "The primary was never connected." "It has to be activated locally." "Go to 9 and turn on the system." "You refuse my order?" " I'll do it myself." " If you leave the command center I will get help from the Americans." "If we can't handle it, I'll switch the suppression system on myself." "Get the fire out." "Quickly!" "Why aren't we diving?" "Under the authority given to me by the Party you are hereby removed from your post for dereliction of duty." "Over here!" " Get closer!" " It's too strong." " I can't!" " I'm coming after you!" "You're wasting time!" "Get a team to repair the reactor." " Torpedo number 8." " We've got to hurry it up!" " Double the water!" " Hold it where you are!" " Damn it!" "Keep it up!" " Almost there!" "Kornilov, tell the Americans we're evacuating the submarine and will require assistance." "Send the message!" "US destroyer!" "This is Soviet submarine." "Over." "Comrade Admiral." "General Vershinin, KGB." "I want to know if your man Vostrikov is a traitor." " K-19 has broken off radio contact." " Broken radio contact with us." "A reconnaissance plane has spotted the destroyer shadowing K-19." "An American destroyer." "Vasily!" "Vasily!" "Captain Polenin to Central Command." "Captain Polenin to Central Command!" " 575 degrees and rising." " Shut up!" " You don't know what you're doing." " Easy." " Who is it?" " Dimitri." " Captain Polenin to Central Command." " Do what you can, Vanya." "It's all right." " Five men." " Captain Polenin!" "I have exercised my authority to transfer the boat to your command." "You are our captain, and always have been." "We contacted the americans." "All we need is your order to abandon ship." "Good." "Good." "Weapons don't belong here." "Give them to me." "Give me the gun." "And the key for the handcuffs." " Give it to me." "This boat's a family." " Of course, Captain." " And the key for the handcuffs." "Suslov." " Captain." "You betray your family you betray me." "You're under arrest." " What?" "Get out of my sight!" "Lock them in their quarters!" "This is treason!" "Misha!" "The fire has been extinguished." "Suppression is not required." " There was only one survivor." " Thank you." " Captain." " Captain." "We have to dive." "This is the captain." "Don't order them, Captain." "Ask them." "This is the captain." "Our situation is desperate." "The reactor repair has failed." "We could have an explosion which could set off the warheads." "This would destroy the American ship, only a few kilometers from the NATO base." "Given the current level of tensions between our countries, this could result in horrifying retaliatory attacks on Russia." "We could dive and attempt to repair the reactor." "There are no guarantees." "I am standing by." "Secure both bulkhead doors." "Compartment 10 isolated." "Compartment 9 clear of smoke." "Manned and ready." "Compartment 8 serving the Soviet Union, Comrade Captain." "Compartment 7." "Standing by to do our duty." " Compartment 5, manned and ready." " Compartment 4, we await orders." "Compartment 1." "We are with you, Comrade Captain." " Ready to dive, Captain." " Dive the boat." " Dive the boat." "A depth of 300 meters." "Keep five degrees." "Flood all main ballast." "Flood all main ballast." "Electric motors full ahead." "Keep five degrees bow down." "Radchenko." "Lieutenant Radchenko." "Report!" "Captain." "The reactor temperature is 760 degrees and rising." "Lieutenant Radchenko." "Vadim!" " Where is he?" " He's inside." "How long has he been in there?" " Eighteen minutes." " Eighteen?" "You can't go in without..." "Secure the hatch!" "Vadim!" "I can't see!" " I'll help you." " I'm sorry." "Open the hatch!" " 280 meters." " Level off." " Let me through." " 970 degrees and holding." "Open the bulkhead door." " He got a terrible dose." " Who's going in next?" "Captain, the temperature's falling!" "He did it!" "He's a hero!" "Serve us the boat!" " Air to the main ballast." "Keep 15 degrees by the bow." " Full ahead." " You have the com." " 15 degrees by the bow." "I have the com." "Signal the American Captain as soon as we surface." "Tell him we require his assistance." " Yes, Captain." " Yes, Captain." " Up periscope." " Periscope going up." "Men you have done your duty for the Motherland." "The Party is proud of you." "I am..." "I am proud of you." "Captain." " Yes, Vadim, I'm here." " Is the weld holding?" "Yes, Vadim." "The weld is holding." "You're a hero, Vadim." "Do you hear?" "You're a hero." "You are all..." "All of you... heroes." "I had hoped one of our own boats would find us." "But the radiation levels are rising too quickly." "I have asked the American Captain for his help." "Prepare to abandon the boat." "American destroyer bearing 045." "Two thousand meters." " Captain, I have a contact!" " What the..." " Captain!" " The boat could be in trouble." " What sort of trouble?" "I know Captain Vostrikov personally." "There is not a submariner in the Navy whose loyalty I trust more." "More than his father's loyalty?" "I never knew his father." "Captain!" "When my father went to sea, he would carry handfuls of dirt." ""A bit of the Motherland", he said." "He would rather die than betray his country." "Contact me from the bridge when the last lifeboat is loaded." " I'll sink the boat." " That won't be necessary, Captain." "Our submarine S 270 has found us." "Yes." "Yes." "Confirm and out." "Reply from Moscow, Captain, sent through S 270." "Your request to remove the men from the boat is denied." "They're sending a freighter to tow us back." "Anything else?" "They said to give the men plenty of fresh fruit." "I want my men off this boat." "I am countermanding Moscow." "It would be the end of your career." "They'll send you to the gulag, like your father." "It's a family tradition, isn't it?" " Easy, don't fall!" " Good man!" "You must be decontaminated, do you understand?" "We will destroy your clothes, then you can go down below." " This is your boat, Misha." " I lost my position but not my self-respect." "You lost both." " Where am I going?" " We're taking you across." "I need my picture of Kataya." " Where is it?" " In my pocket." "Here you are." "There it is." "I can't see." "I can't see her." "All men accounted for, Captain." "Why didn't you take command?" "Because what they did was wrong." " Prepare yourself." " Captain." " Move all these men out!" " Move!" "Go back!" " Lev!" "You're a welcome sight." " Moscow thought you were defecting." " What?" " They want a list of men to testify." "Testify?" "About what?" "About you." "Alexei." " Get all the lines secured." " Come on, you're going home." "In every stage of this disaster, which came within moments of being... a far greater disaster, the officers and crew did what had to be done." "Seven are now dead." "Nobody knows how many more are dying, or how fast." "These are the men who returned home to be interrogated as criminals, questioned while being treated for radiation poisoning." "Locked up and denied access to wives and families." "But these men saved K-19." "And maybe, just maybe, they saved all of you." " Thank you, Captain." " One thing more..." " Thank you." " No captain has ever been faced with such decisions." "The fate of the boat, the crew, the fate of the world, all in the balance." "The Navy is my life, and one thing I know..." "There can be only one captain of a ship." "The burden of command is on his shoulders alone." "None of you has the right to judge Captain Vostrikov." "You weren't there, I was." "He was our captain." "He was my captain." "And it would be an honor to sail under his command again." "East Germany has agreed to do what the West has been asking for years." "After opening up the Berlin Wall, there will be democratic elections." "The K-19 Captain was acquitted but he did not command a ship again." "He and the survivors had to swear to keep the secret all their lives." "The seven men who repaired the reactor died a few days later." "Twenty more men died from radiation exposure over the next few years." "Only after the fall of Communism were the survivors allowed to mourn their dead comrades and break the silence." " You're not so tall as I remember." " It's good to see you." "And you." "Please." "I'm glad you found me, ...but today was not convenient." " No, it had to be today." "Your crew." "It was 28 years ago today." "Captain, a toast." "To the men still on patrol." "For their courage I nominated these men for the title "Hero of the Soviet Union"." "But the committee ruled because it was not wartime," "because it was merely an accident, they were not worthy of the title of hero." "What good are honors from such people?" "These men sacrificed, not for a medal, but because when the time came, it was their duty," "not to the Navy, or to the State," "but to us." "Their comrades." "Yeah." "And so..." " To comrades!" " To comrades!"