72 Meters
6.5
The film begins in the 1980s Soviet Union. Two best friends, Orlov and Muravyev, are serving at the Black Sea Navy Base in Sevastopol, Crimea. Both fall in love with one beautiful girl Nelly, and their friendship suffers a first blow. Because she picks Muravyev, his friend Orlov struggles with an inferiority complex and becomes a secretive alcoholic. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, both friends are transferred to the Northern Fleet on the Polar Ocean. One day their sub is performing a routine training. A disturbed WWII mine slowly moves on a collision course with the sub. A mighty blast knocks down everyone inside the wrecked sub, 72 meters below the sea level. Then ensues a nerve-racking struggle for survival.
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Cast
12 people
Sergey Makovetskiy
Chernenko
Known for
12
Of Freaks and Men
Marat Basharov
Petr Orlov
Known for
Yulenka
Three Seconds
Andrey Krasko
Gennady Yanichar
Known for
Bastards
Brother
Dmitri Ulyanov
Captain-Leutenant Ivan Murav'yov
Known for
The Banishment
1612: Chronicles of the Dark Time
Chulpan Khamatova
Nelli
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
The White Crow
Stanislav Nikolski
seaman Molodoy
Also in
The Fall of the Empire
Suspended Cop
Sergey Garmash
Nikolay Kraus
Known for
Brigada
Attraction
Vladislav Galkin
Mikhailov
Known for
The Master and Margarita
The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment
Igor Livanov
Konovalenko
Also in
Empire is Under Attack
The Saboteur
Amadu Mamadakov
Sailor Mukambetov
Known for
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
9th Company
Artyom Mikhalkov
Warrant Officer Nechayev
Known for
9th Company
Soulless
Yury Pimkin
Known for
The Inhabited Island
Vladimir Khotinenko Director · Valeri Zalotukha Screenplay Aleksandr Pokrovsky Author
Budget $1.6M · First release February 12, 2004 · Produced in Russia
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Budget
$1,600,000
Production
Channel One
Production
Studio Trite
Production
Three T Productions
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
72 метра
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · February 12, 2004
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
September 2, 2005 · Theatrical
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