During the Cold War, The Soviet Navy faced the challenge of NATO’s powerful maritime fleet, and especially its numerous aircraft carriers.
To compensate for being far behind the western alliance, the Soviets discreetly launched Project 949, a top secret program for the construction of a new generation of missile carrying submarines.
Fourteen submarines were thus built and the last creation, launched in even greater secrecy than the others, became a celebrated tragedy in the eyes of the whole world: the ill-fated Kursk.
On August 12th, 2000, it sank into the silent universe with its 118 man crew. This catastrophe caused a deep wound inside Russia and emotionally moved the entire world.
Thanks to previously unpublished and spectacular archives, the film traces the secret history of Project 949, and the odyssey of its finest ship.
From its creation in the offices of the Rubin Company to its spectacular raising in October 2001, military witnesses, engineers and submariners recount the secret and tragic story of the most renowned of Russian submarines, which during its second mission, was sunk by one of its own torpedoes.
Documentary: Project 949
Directed by: Jean Afanassieff
Production: ZED & Corona Films
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