Demichev. Demichev! Take the conn.
Raise the radio and radar masts. Give them 3 sweeps.
Medium range.
Prepare to fire the test missile.
Prepare to launch test missile. This is not a drill.
Central command, missile control manned and ready.
Preparing number 3 silo for firing test missile.
Power up console for missile launch.
Number 3 launch door opening.
Moscow confirms test missile launch authority!
Attention! Initiating power up procedure. - Very well.
Fueling in progress.
Simulate activation of the warhead, number 3 missile.
Let's go. Come on.
Contact? - No contact.
Radar, sonar... contact? - No contact.
Fueling complete. Table elevated. - Ready for firing sequence.
Fire missile 3.
Time to launch... 15 seconds, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9...
8,7,6,5,4,3,2...
1!
Confirm missile away, Captain!
Congratulations, Comrade Captain. We just wrote our names...
into the history books. - Kornilov. - Captain?
Confirm successful missile launch to fleet command. - Yes, Captain.
This is the captain. Our test missile has been successfully launched.
All hands stand down from combat stations. - Yes.
You will be in my report for leaving your post.
And you will be in mine! You needlessly endangered this boat. And its crew.
200 million Soviet citizens are depending on us.
You risked them as well! I took this boat and these men
to the edge because we need to know where it is.
These 120 men are a crew now because they achieved something together
that they did not think they could do. Next time when it is not a drill,
they will go to the edge and past it and die, if necessary,
because that is what their duty demands of them.
You were lucky, Captain. This time.
I hope I'm on another boat when your luck runs out.
Come on! Vasily! Maxim!
Yevgeny!
Misha, Vasily, come on, quick.
Everybody! Get that laundry out of there. All the crewmen around the flag.
Get that laundry out of there.
Branan, you're asleep. On the double.
Get closer.
Over here.
Everybody move, yes.
Closer. Closer. Move closer. Winning team closer.
Dmitri! Smile!
Good.
Is everything alright? Problems?
Oh, no...
Yes, there was some residual condensation in the reactor compartment,
but I shut down the number 3 generator
and that should reduce the condensation. - I'm counting on you,
you know?
Yes, Comrade Captain.
Comrade Captain?
Message from command.
Comrade Commander, the crew is lined up for your order.
We have received a message from Moscow. They congratulate us
on the successful launch of our test missile. We have proved our readiness.
Serving the Soviet Union! And now we have the honor of 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. - Hoorah!
Crew dismissed!
He nearly got us killed today. And for what?
To show the men he didn't win his bars
by marrying a Politburo member's niece.
You are 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-Mayen.
Then from there to our patrol zone. 400km off the coastline.
Between Washington...
and New York.
Make turns for 15 knots. - Speed 15 knots.
All contacts down scope. - Periscope going down.
Dive the boat.
Andrei, more wine. - Only get one glass.
But because we are the crème de la crème, a glass of red wine with dinner
is the headquarters' way of telling us that the crew of the K-19 has no equal.
No. It's because we're sitting on a pile of uranium.
Red wine gives you strontium. Or takes it away.
Or something. Something good.
So, we should be seventy miles from Jan-Mayen NATO base.
One 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 and the stars.
You get used to being underwater.
When I muster out, I'll just go work in the coal mines with my brothers.
So it's all the same to me.
A loss of pressure in the aft reactor. - Check the other sensors.
Confirm loss of pressure, Lieutenant.
Let me through. Watch out. 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.
Out of my way! Move!
The control room temperature is dropping, Lieutenant.
Auxiliary pumps. - Pavel, auxiliary pumps!
The auxiliary pumps aren't working... - Recycle them!
I have, but the pressure keeps dropping. - Confirm.
But the rods will cool it, right? - No! They can't control the reaction
by themselves. They need coolant. - Core temperature is at 400°, rising!
Cut the equalization!
What's the problem? - The primary coolant loop on the aft reactor's ruptured.
What? How did this happen? - What difference does it make?
Answer my question! - The core is heating up.
The mission's over. - I'll tell you when the mission is over.
Who's responsible for this? A name! - I'll give you one. Vostrikov, Alexei.
Watch yourself, Comrade! - Here's another name. Radtchenko, Vadim!
The untested reactor officer you put on this boat.
We will fix this problem. We will continue the mission.
Surface. Surface the boat! - 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 1,000°, and...
And?
And what? - No one knows.
It could start a chain reaction. There would be radiation leakage.
The core would melt through the reactor and start a thermonuclear explosion.
How long do we have? - 3 hours. 4 hours.
It could be less.
Get whoever you need, regardless of rank
and solve this. - Yes, Comrade Captain.
Solve this. That's why you're here. You understand?
Get up! Get up! - Yeah, yeah.
Doesn't he ever get tired of drills?
Let's go! Let's go!
This is the Captain.
We've had a malfunction in the reactor. Measures are being taken.
Remain at your stations.
Read it again. - "In case of sudden drop...
in the pressure of the primary circuit, measures must be taken to reduce"...
But there is no reflux valve! - What measures?
There are no measures. The rest is about the backup system which isn't installed.
As soon as we reach periscope depth, I need to speak to fleet command. - Yes.
Can't we just shut the reactor down? - We have shut it down,
but we can't control the reaction anymore. - Suppose we use the forward reactor.
Cross- connect its pumps. Use them to cool both. The rupture...
in the reactor is not accessible. Therefore, we can't seal the leak.
We'd have two reactors out of control. - 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.
Yes. - But how do we get it to the core?
Pass the schematic.
Kornilov, 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 there. - 30 minutes to weld, at the most.
And if we can't fix it? - Hiroshima. 1. 4 megatons...
if you factor in the two reactors and the warheads. Hiroshima was 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. Let's go!
Have you reached fleet command yet? - No, Comrade Captain.
The long- range antenna feeder has shorted out. The seal...
must have ruptured when we submerged.
The range of the emergency transmitter? - Up to a 100km.
Core temperature at 490°.
That's it.
Take it, Dmitri. - I'll take it, Captain.
No debris should get into the pipes. - Lay out piping in straight runs.
May I have your attention? - Men, listen.
I've decided the reactor unit will effect the repairs. Teams of 2, please.
Ten minutes inside maximum. - I will go in the first team.
No. I need you to command. - Yes, but under the circumstances...
I am aware of the circumstances. It's out of the question.
I'll go in the first team. It's my duty.
I am ready to serve, Comrade Captain.
Vadim. Vadim!
You will go in with the third team to inspect the repair.
Yes, Comrade Captain.
That is all. Carry on.
Quick! Get something!
Fuel spill in aft torpedo.
Chief? Toolbox!
Feed water system isolated! - Vent off the feed water tank.
I've got 3 more liters here.
Meat... Just meat falling off the bone, huh?
Nice and tender. Melts in your mouth. - Dumplings.
Hey, Dmitri likes dumplings!
Reactor temperature? 530°.
Vasily! How long? - I'd say about 15 minutes, Captain.
Good work.
Comrade Captain? Our equipment is prepared. We're standing by to enter.
You have a few minutes. Get some air. - Thank you. You heard him. Get some air!
Lieutenant!
Go on! - I was getting married.
You will. You will.
Your hair falls out. I think so. - 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 was out. Chemical suits...
They might as well wear raincoats. - Misha, I know.
Tell the men these will help. - What else can we do?
Yeah.
It's only 10 minutes. 10 minutes. Do what you can and get out.
Alright, Anatoly? - Yeah.
Okay? - Yeah. - That’s good.
It'll be fine. - Captain?
Men,
this difficult task has fallen to you.
Our fate is in your hands. - Request permission to carry out...
reactor repair. - Permission granted.
May God be with you.
What's the core temperature?
725°.
Entering air lock.
Come on, Anatoly. Come. Easy. Good.
How is it in there?
Doctor. Keep them as far away from the radiation as possible.
Take them to bow torpedo.
How do you feel?
It's alright.
Good, good.
Give me his dosimeter.
Thank you.
His radiation level is low, doctor, yes? - Yes, of course.
Report to me on their condition. In an hour.
Good news, Anatoly. You got a mild dose. Alright?
Alright. Alright. - Gently.
It's time. Comrades, it's time.
Put your mask on.
Come on, let's go.
No.
10 minutes. Look at me. Okay?
Come on. Wake up.
Vadim! Time to go.
Go! Go!
It's alright.
Chief.
Medic!
Come on! Come on!
Chief Gorelov's gone in his place. - Good boy. Good boy.
Captain. You... you sent for me?
Yes. We won’t be firing any missiles, so you know...
how to take radiation readings? - Yes, Comrade Captain.
I want readings from all compartments.
Yes, Captain.
Temperature? - 925°.
How long?
7. 40 minutes.
Easy. Easy.
Okay. Set him down.
Chief!
Gorelov.
Yes. Go. Go, Poliansky.
He's getting him. You did good.
He's getting him. We're, yes, yes.
It's flowing. The coolant is flowing!
Tell the captain the coolant is flowing!
You did it. Oleg, you did it.
Chief!
You did it, my boy. Yeah, you showed them.
You showed them. Good job.
Easy. Easy.
Yuri. - I got him.
Kornilov!
Give him a hand here. - Gently. Gently.
Come on.
I'll help you, mate.
Captain! 950!
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.
Ah! - Rest, boy.
Ship's head? - 2-2-0, Captain.
Turn the boat around. Come to a heading of O-4-0.
Forward motor slow ahead. Starboard 30.
Course O-4-0. Forward motor. Slow ahead.
Starboard 30. Steering the course O-4-0.
Back to base?
With a speed of 5 knots, it'll take days.
We shall be a ghost ship.
Captain. The men are hungry. - Our food is contaminated.
Give them whatever you have, in tins or in foil. And give them red wine
to slow the rate of radiation absorption. - Very well, Captain.
Captain, in here, it's only5 units. In the reactor room, it's 10 times that.
Turn off the ventilation system! - Please shut down main ventilation!
Captain, if we... - We will run the boat with skeleton crews.
Put most of the men on top. As far away from the radiation as possible.
We're 160km from the NATO base in Jan-Mayen. We could go there.
Get help from the Americans. - Under no circumstances will I abandon
my boat or my crew to the enemy. - May I ask then, what is your plan?
If we'll stay on course, Fleet Command will send the diesels to find us.
Radiation levels are rising too fast. We're running on electric motors.
There's no time for that. - They will find us.
As usual, the captain leaves no room for doubt.
Good.
Dmitri.
You're fine.
Good, you're fine, Yevgeny. Next. Good. Yes. Yes.
Icons...
are forbidden.
Contact bearing O-1-5! Range 2,000 meters, Captain.
Wait, wait. Wait. Wait!