K-19: The Widowmaker

In June 1961, in the middle of the Cold War, in the waters of the North Atlantic, Alexei Vostrikov, the captain of the first nuclear submarine in the Soviet arsenal, the K-19, discovers that the cooling system of the main reactor is failing. On board, warheads and an atomic propulsion engine threaten to explode if the temperature in the core of the reactor does not drop quickly. Cut off from the outside world and the rest of the Russian fleet because of an antenna failure, Captain Vostrikov and his second in command Mikhail Polenin must overcome their differences to face the crisis and avoid a nuclear accident. Moreover, if such an explosion were to occur, the United States could believe in a first Soviet attack and trigger an all-out war.