MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for The Red Tent

The Red Tent

1969 · 158 min

A somber, reflective chronicle of guilt and survival, unfolding slowly amid icy desolation and haunting introspection.

Tagline
Forget everything you've ever heard about heroes. Now there is "The Red Tent."
Overview
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

Search YouTube for the trailer

Rent or buy in the UK
  • Amazon Video
More options Data from JustWatch
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • survival
  • redemption
  • isolation
Places
  • wilderness
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

More like this

Titles like The Red Tent

Movie

Heart of the Beast

2026

A grueling, quietly emotional survival trek that pits a man and his dog against a harsh wilderness, testing endurance and loyalty.

Melancholic, tense · about survival and isolation

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
105 min
Details In your watch list
Heart of the BeastHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Letter Never Sent

1960

A hypnotic, physically exhausting plunge into fire and ice, gorgeous and harrowing, where the wilderness dwarfs the desperate humans crawling through it.

Same director: Mikhail Kalatozov · Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about survival and isolation

Also
Same director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
97 min
Details In your watch list
Letter Never SentHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Cast Away

2000

A quietly devastating and immersive journey of survival and loss that makes you feel the weight of solitude and the ache of what cannot be reclaimed.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about survival and isolation

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
143 min
Details In your watch list
Cast AwayHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Arctic

2018

A stark, immersive survival ordeal that grips you with quiet tension and raw physical struggle.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about survival and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
98 min
Details In your watch list
ArcticHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Society of the Snow

2023

A harrowing, immersive survival ordeal that feels both intimate and epic, testing endurance and faith.

Tense, earnest, slow-burn · about survival and isolation

Via
  • tense
  • earnest
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
143 min
Details In your watch list
Society of the SnowHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Flight of the Eagle

1982

A slow, haunting plunge into obsession and endurance, where ambition curdles into a stark, beautiful struggle against an indifferent frozen world.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about survival and isolation

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
140 min
Details In your watch list
The Flight of the EagleHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Dunkirk

2017

A relentless, immersive plunge into survival, driven by ticking clocks, roaring engines and near-wordless dread rather than speeches.

Tense, earnest · about survival and isolation · nonlinear

Via
  • tense
  • earnest
  • survival
  • isolation
  • nonlinear
Pacing
relentless
Attention
demanding
Runtime
107 min
Details In your watch list
DunkirkHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

A Night to Remember

1958

A meticulous, documentary-style recreation that builds quiet dread into overwhelming, restrained tragedy.

Melancholic, tense · about guilt and survival

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • guilt
  • survival
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
123 min
Details In your watch list
A Night to RememberHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

First Man

2018

A quiet, immersive plunge into grief and peril, where every creak and silence feels monumental.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about survival and isolation

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
141 min
Details In your watch list
First ManHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Way Back

2010

A gruelling, visually sweeping journey that immerses you in endurance and loss, rewarding patience with quiet emotional power.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about survival and isolation

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
133 min
Details In your watch list
The Way BackHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Silence

2016

A grueling, meditative ordeal of faith and suffering, beautiful and punishing, that asks for patience and leaves a heavy silence.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about guilt and isolation · nonlinear

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
161 min
Details In your watch list
SilenceHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Das Boot

1981

A claustrophobic, grueling descent into war's tedium and terror, leaving you exhausted and moved.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about survival and isolation

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • survival
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
150 min
Details In your watch list
Das BootHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

Rent or buy
  • Amazon Video

Streaming data from JustWatch.All options on TMDB

Details

Genres
adventure, drama, history
Directed by
Mikhail Kalatozov
Written by
Ennio De Concini, Robert Bolt, Mikhail Kalatozov
Starring
Peter Finch, Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale, Hardy Krüger, Eduard Martsevich, Grigoriy Gay, Nikita Mikhalkov, Luigi Vannucchi
Music
Ennio Morricone, Aleksandr Zatsepin
Cinematography
Leonid Kalashnikov
Runtime
158 min
Country
Italy, Soviet Union
Languages
English, Italian, Russian

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikipediaWikidata