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The Icebreaker

The Icebreaker

20166.02h 0m

Overview

The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along the Amundsen Sea coast. The crew of “Gromov” spent 133 days of polar night trying to find a way out of their icy trap. They have no room for mistakes; one wrong move and the vessel is crushed by ice.

Directed by Nikolay Khomeriki
Written by Aleksey Onishchenko, Andrey Zolotarev
Produced by Sergey Kozlov, Vasiliy Solovev
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0M0

Top Cast

Pyotr Fyodorov

Pyotr Fyodorov

Петров

Sergey Puskepalis

Sergey Puskepalis

Севченко

Anna Mikhalkova

Anna Mikhalkova

Галина

Olga Smirnova

Olga Smirnova

Люда

Aleksandr Yatsenko

Aleksandr Yatsenko

Цимбалистый

Aleksandr Pal

Aleksandr Pal

Кукушкин

Vitaliy Khaev

Vitaliy Khaev

Банник

Dmitriy Podnozov

Dmitriy Podnozov

Dolgov

Igor Khripunov

Igor Khripunov

Tikhonov

Anatoly Khropov

Anatoly Khropov

Chernogortsev, staremech

Themes & Keywords

shipicebergdisasterstorm at seaicebreaker

About The Icebreaker

The Icebreaker is a action, adventure, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of ship, iceberg, disaster, storm at sea, icebreaker. Directed by Nikolay Khomeriki, it stars Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Puskepalis, Anna Mikhalkova. The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along the Amundsen Sea coast. The crew of “Gromov” spent 133 days of polar night trying to find a way out of their icy trap. They have no room for mistakes; one wrong move and the vessel is crushed by ice.

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