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The Icebreaker

2016 · 120 min

A claustrophobic, slow-burning survival drama that traps you in the icy tension and simmering crew conflicts of a stranded ship.

Directed by
Nikolay Khomeriki
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring
Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Puskepalis, Anna Mikhalkova
Overview
The story is based on the real events of 1985. The team of a Russian polar icebreaker “Mikhail Gromov” discovered a giant iceberg. The ship came into collision while attempting to take cover from the weather and is forced to drift with ice along the Amundsen Sea coast. The crew of “Gromov” spent 133 days of polar night trying to find a way out of their icy trap. They have no room for mistakes; one wrong move and the vessel is crushed by ice.

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Directed by
Nikolay Khomeriki
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring
Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Puskepalis, Anna Mikhalkova
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • power
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
Places
  • sea
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
action, adventure, drama
Directed by
Nikolay Khomeriki
Written by
Aleksey Onishchenko, Andrey Zolotarev
Starring
Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Puskepalis, Anna Mikhalkova, Olga Smirnova, Aleksandr Yatsenko, Aleksandr Pal, Vitaliy Khaev, Dmitriy Podnozov
Cinematography
Fedor Lyass
Runtime
120 min
Country
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