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The Red Tent

The Red Tent

Forget everything you've ever heard about heroes. Now there is "The Red Tent."

19696.02h 38m

Overview

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
Written by Ennio De Concini, Richard DeLong Adams
Produced by Franco Cristaldi
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0M0

Top Cast

Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Umberto Nobile

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

Roald Amundsen

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

Valeria

Hardy Krüger

Hardy Krüger

Einar Lundborg

Eduard Martsevich

Eduard Martsevich

Finn Malmgren

Grigoriy Gay

Grigoriy Gay

Rudolf Samoylovich

Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Boris Chukhnovskiy

Luigi Vannucchi

Luigi Vannucchi

Captain Zappi

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

Giuseppe Biagi

Donatas Banionis

Donatas Banionis

Adalberto Mariano

Themes & Keywords

airshipdisasterdirigiblerescue operation

About The Red Tent

The Red Tent is a adventure, drama, history film released in 1969 exploring themes of airship, disaster, dirigible, rescue operation. Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov, it stars Peter Finch, Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale. Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

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