All compartments report readiness.
Compartment 1, manned and ready. - Compartment 2, manned and ready.
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.
Rear door shut! Open number 3 bow cap! - Compartment 10, manned and ready.
Comrade Captain, the boat is ready for live firing of the main batteries.
Activate emergency action procedure for nuclear weapon release.
The Political Department stands ready to do its duty. - Excuse me.
Hydraulics to number 1 missile tube open.
Moscow has confirmed nuclear weapons release authority.
Number 1 hatch open. Silo free of water.
Powering number 1 missile console. - Maintain current course and speed.
Course steady 2-9-0. Maintain speed 6 knots.
Hatch number 1 open. Silo free of water.
Fueling in process.
Proceed with activation of the warhead on number one missile.
- Upscope. - Periscope going up. - Demichev, back to the Conn.
Activate number 3 tube. Repower control console to primary.
60 seconds from range! Prepare for emergency dive after launch.
Number 1 missile fueled.
- The 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 50m.
Keep 50m. - Both turbines full ahead together.
Full ahead together. Maintain speed at 2-9-0. - 3, 2, 1. Captain!
Force manual over- ride! - Missile launching sequencer not responding.
Estimate torpedo at 6,000 meters. - The drill is over!
Do you have an explanation for this... this disappointment, Comrade Polenin?
We all know it's just another burnout in the ignition sequence.
Comrade Captain, I will require the names of those responsible.
How would I know the name of the jackass that cut down on 20 kopecks?
That's what I have to fight before I can fight a war!
The boat will be at sea... on schedule! Before the month is out, Comrade Admiral.
I'll give you a name. My name. Polenin, Mikhail.
Captain, K-19!
So, write it down.
After you've successfully completed trials of the mechanical,
propulsion, and navigation systems in the Bering Sea,
you'll proceed beneath the ice to launch area here... and test fire the missile.
My orders were to prepare K-19 for sea trials,
and they'll begin on schedule. But until the trials are complete,
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 that we have it.
And it works.
I promised Comrade Khrushchev that Kennedy will receive his 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.
Captain on the CCP!
Captain.
What's your name, please? - Demichev. Torpedo officer.
And may I ask the Captain's name and his purpose aboard our boat?
My name is Vostrikov. Where's Captain Polenin?
Come in. Yes?
Good morning, Captain. - Comrade Captain Vostrikov.
That'll be all, Yuri. - Come in. Please.
Captain.
With the short lead- in time to sea trials, headquarters...
wanted your expertise on board. And I am pleased to have it.
I know this could be difficult for you. - It's never difficult to do one's duty.
I was preparing my briefing on the crew, and on the boat.
I see. - Problems filling her out.
But my orders said you would not be arriving until tomorrow.
Please show me the boat. - Yes, of course.
We're finally getting the turbines up to speed. With luck, we might be able
to run a test in another week. - The equipment has not yet arrived.
Noted.
The reactor compartment.
How hot 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?
Lieu... lieutenant Yashin?
This man is drunk. Do you tolerate this?
Of course not. - Prepare charges against this man.
We need an immediate replacement. - Yes, Captain.
Lieutenant Yashin is the best reactor officer in the navy.
He's never been drunk on duty before. I urge you to reconsider.
I want this boat out of dry dock.
Sea trials begin in two weeks. - The boat isn't ready, Captain.
The problem is Moscow. They organize party VIP tours
while we're stuck with incompetent yard crews and 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. Easy. - Keep it level now.
Steady. Down. Down.
Permission to pass, sir? - What do you have there?
A new scope for the sonar station. - Carry on. Install it.
I work on the reactor, Comrade Captain. - Where is the sonar officer?
He's on a twenty- four hour pass. I initiated the relief rotation.
I think it's good for efficiency. - All leaves are cancelled.
We need everyone here to do their jobs.
Comrade Captain. Lieutenant Vadim Radtchenko...
reporting for duty. I'm your new reactor officer.
What was your last posting? - Nuclear training academy.
He's never operated a reactor at sea. - I was first in my class.
Thanks.
Report to the reactor control room. - Yes, sir.
That way. - Thank you.
He's qualified, or command wouldn't have sent him to us.
Officer on deck. - Pavel Loktev. Senior technician.
Stepan Komarov, Anatoly Subachev, Grigori Dyomin, Oleg Argunov.
Show me to the control room. - Anatoly.
Watch out! I have to stop the truck.
They gave me the wrong drugs!
Stop the truck!
Hey, hey!
Stop! Stop! Wrong drugs!
You gave me the wrong drugs!
You idiot! Stop!
Doctor! - It's the doctor!
He's dead.
Stay 'til the ambulance comes. The rest of you, back to work.
Back to work!
Gavril.
Ever since the solid ballast was loaded we've had a half- degree list to port.
I've tried everything, but she won't even up.
Half-degree we can handle. We'll compensate with sea water ballast
'til we get back to port. If we get back to port.
You know what the men are calling this boat? The Widowmaker.
5 died from fumes sealing the tanks. Another 4 in construction.
And now, the doctor. The champagne bottle...
10 dead and we haven't left dock.
I'm surprised they confide their fears to their commanding officer.
A crew is a family. The captain is the father.
My own 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 down below, Captain?
Proceeding.
Misha, Misha.
There you go.
40 centimeters of headroom, and he gives half to a rodent.
Yevgeny wrap this around your private parts. The gamma rays can...
You should also take your dosimeter once a day to the doctor.
He reads it and tells you how long you have before your torpedo falls off.
Captain?
I'm Gennadi Savran, your new medical officer.
What was your last posting? - No, no. I am the base physician here.
They said there was an emergency. So here I am.
Welcome to K-19, doctor.
Captain, we will be back soon, won't we? I get...
What? - seasick.
Gentlemen! Misha, please.
Vostrikov marries a girl... - Yuri, you promised!
Vostrikov marries a girl with top Party connections.
He knows which fork they use for salads, so they make him a captain.
Yuri, that's why you've never been promoted.
Be quiet. We are all good communists here.
To good communists! - To good communists!
You're drunk. Sit down. Gentlemen, a little bit of respect.
Captain Vostrikov does not know you the way I do.
You're still the captain, as far as we're concerned. - He's the captain.
I'm executive officer. I'm pleased. I'm gonna be with my boys. 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!
Vadim!
Katya!
Vadim!
Don't worry. Don't worry.
Please!
Don't go! Vadim!
Defense Minister Zelentstov, Admiral Bratyeev, request permission
to carry out orders in defense of the Motherland.
Carry out your patriotic duty.
All hands down. - All hands down!
Single up all lines. - Confirm single up!
Land the gangway! - Land the gangway!
Gangway landed! - K-19 ready for sea!
Port turbine slow ahead. - Slow ahead together!
I just hope you picked the right man.
All compartments prepare to dive. - Top hatches closed and latched!
Mid- ship vent open.
Ready to dive. - Dive the boat. Speed 6 knots.
Make depth 50m.
Speed 6 knots. - Making depth 50m.
Slow ahead together. - Course?
Course is steady 3-2-3. - Depth under the keel?
Echo sound reads 350m.
20m.
30m.
Don't worry. It'll stop once the pressure increases.
Simulate an electrical fire in the galley, please.
Fire in switchbox number 65. This is a drill.
We're stuck. - 50m.
Fire has spread to the next compartment.
Simulate electrical failure, compartment 4.
Electrical failure, compartment 4. This is a drill.
Compartment 4, loss of electrical power. This is a drill!
Fire's out in the galley, Captain.
Too much damage. Too many casualties.
Simulate flooding compartment 4. Make them work in the dark.
In case of emergency the boat would be crippled and half the crew were dead.
Let me speak to the others in charge. - Try it again tomorrow.
I only wanted to say how sympathetic I am about the change in command.
These decisions aren't always for us...
to understand.
Thank you, Comrade Suslov. - Still, you must feel it's an honor
to serve on this boat in any capacity.
Indeed. - It's historic.
Excuse me.
Checking the pressurizer? - Yes, Lieutenant.
You know religious icons are forbidden.
This is the future, Pavel. Cars that never need refueling.
Free power for every family. Maybe even travel to the planets.
It's a privilege to be part of this future.
Yes, Lieutenant.
Good morning, gentlemen.
What's this? - At sea we only shower on Saturdays.
Action stations! Chemical fire in motor control compartment!
This is a drill. - Watch out!
Fire in the main switchboards. C2L.
Valve rupture in compartment 8.
Torpedo fuel spill in aft torpedo room.
Start the drill again.
Comrades, officers and sailors, remember,
the American propaganda will always try to play on your basic...
primitive instincts. Greed, lust, individualism.
In American propaganda, you will see how everybody has a car, nice clothes,
a nice apartment, but you will never see the truth behind this lie. Yo will...
not see police dogs attacking strikers and demonstrators for civil rights.
The beggars in the streets. The homeless. The Negro shantytowns of the south.
You will not see the war- mongers, this threat of a nuclear holocaust.
Stand by to simulate firing torpedo number 8.
Number 8 isn't loaded. - I know that. Please unload 7...
and load 8. - Captain.
Ice formations near our depth. I suggest to go deeper and to run the 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...
Do we ever stop? We need the rest.
Nevsky, quiet! Proceed to your active stations immediately. Come on!
Mates and crew, turn for'd! Dis- missed! Torpedo withdrawal.
Open torpedo tube number 8. - Traverse torpedo!
Traversing torpedo!
Dmitri! Come on, help me. Help me!
Come on. Don't stop!
Vasily!
Two men are injured. - Have them seen by the doctor.
Then start the drill again. - Two men short Captain?
Have them put the torpedo back in tube 7 and start the drill again.
Unload torpedo! - Unloading torpedo!
Going under. Clear.
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?
There's no complaints here, Captain. - Good.
Shh!
It's not the men's fault.
It's your fault. The officers.
You have 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?
Katya.
She's pretty.
Hey!
She's pretty. Sorry.
I am 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 1-8-5. - 1-9... 5.
Captain.
- Conduct emergency dive drill.
Bow planes are jammed 20° down. - 20° down.
Set. 20 degrees down. - I have the conn.
Move!
120m.
130m.
140m.
150m.
Take the boat down to maximum operational depth.
Make your depth 250m. Turbines slow ahead together.
Thank you.
240m.
250m.
I respectfully suggest going below 250m is an unnecessary risk.
Continue the dive to 300m. - 300m is close to crush depth.
I know.
260m.
Make your depth 300m.
280m.
290m.
300m, Captain.
Level the planes. - Level the bow planes.
Simulate flooding in the aft torpedo room. And emergency surface.
A rapid descent beneath the ice cap is not advisable!
I did not ask for your advice.
Flooding in compartment 10. Emergency surface.
Go, go, go! - Man stations, valve 5!
Come on! - Secure the base!
Poliansky. Bring the planes to full rise. Keep them up.
Make turbines for 20 knots. Full ahead together.
Pavel, wedge!
Place wedge! - Go!
Hold it steady! - Go! Move it all the way.
Go! Go! Go!
Yeah! - Yeah!
The rupture is sealed, Captain.
Excellent.
Recommend we stay at safe depth, Captain.
How thick is the ice here? - Kornilov? Ice recon?
Come on. Come on. - Less than 1 meter in this area.
These reports are almost a week old. This time of year...
the ice is only getting thinner. Continue surfacing. I'm not sure...
if we can control an ascent this fast. - Neither am I.
130m.
120m.
110m. - Blow main ballast!
She's starting to roll. Request permission
to hold at safe depth. - Denied. - 80m.
Pump room! Are we pumping the trim tanks? She's rolling to port.
Blow port. - Shut starboard. - Changing over to alternate air supply.
60m! - Stop turbines. - Stop both turbines.
Level off, dammit! - 40m!
Brace for impact! - Brace for impact!
Brace for impact!