72 Meters

72 Meters
Directed by	Vladimir Khotinenko
Starring	Sergei Makovetsky Marat Basharov Andrey Krasko
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Ilya Dyomin
Release dates	2004
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Russia
Language	Russian

72 Meters (Russian: 72 метра) is a 2004 Russian drama film directed by Vladimir Khotinenko based on the short stories from the collection of stories of the same name by Alexander Pokrovsky.

Synopsis

Officers of the Russian Navy, lieutenant-commanders Pyotr Orlov (Marat Basharov) and Ivan Muravyov (Dmitry Ulyanov) have been members of the Slavyanka submarine crew for a long time. They used to be best friends, but during their service in Sevastopol in the 1980s they met a beautiful girl Nelly (Chulpan Khamatova) and fell in love with her at first sight. Nelly chose Ivan, and their friendship fractured.

In early 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and partition of the Soviet Navy, the crew of Slavyanka refused to swear allegiance to Ukraine and was transferred to the Northern Fleet. After that, life and service took their quiet routine course. During an ordinary sortie Captain Gennady Yanychar (Russian for Janissary) (Andrey Krasko) sets a task to conduct a torpedo attack against a maneuver enemy and take evasive action keeping undetected for 24 hours. Among the crew is civilian medical specialist Chernenko (Sergey Makovetsky). No-one in the training center knows where the submarine would move. Unbeknownst to the crew, an old World War II naval mine was disturbed. It slowly moved towards the submarine and explodes, sinking it. Only one compartment remains unflooded. Several crew members die in the result of the explosion, including the submarine's commander, Captain Yanychar. The submariners decide to get out though the torpedo tube, but it turns out that only one breathing apparatus is charged and can be used; the rest are empty. The crew decides that Chernenko has to be the one saved first. They instruct him how to act during resurfacing. Chernenko successfully reaches the surface and gets to ground. It remains unknown whether the crew was saved.

Cast

• Sergei Makovetsky - physician Chernenko
• Marat Basharov - Captain-Lieutenant Pyotr Orlov
• Andrey Krasko - 1st Class Captain Yanychar
• Dmitriy Ulyanov - Captain-Lieutenant Ivan Murav'yov
• Chulpan Khamatova - Nelly
• Stanislav Nikolski - Seaman Molodoy
• Sergey Garmash - Senior Warrant Officer Nikolai Krauz
• Vladislav Galkin - Senior Warrant Officer Mikhajlov

External links

• 72 Meters at IMDb