Kursk (2018) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.

Cast

• Matthias Schoenaerts as Mikhail Averin
• Léa Seydoux as Tanya Averina
• Peter Simonischek as Admiral Vyacheslav Grudzinsky
• Max von Sydow as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
• August Diehl as Anton Markov
• Colin Firth as Commodore David Russell
• Bjarne Henriksen as Russian Rescue Ship Captain
• Magnus Millang as Oleg Lebedev
• Artemiy Spiridonov as Misha Averin
• Joel Basman as Leo
• Pit Bukowski as Maxim
• Matthias Schweighöfer as Pavel Sonin
• Tom Hudson as Roman
• Chris Pascal as Niko
• Kristof Coenen as Sasha
• Pernilla August as Oksana
• Helene Reingaard Neumann as Vera
• Martin Brambach as Kursk Captain Gennady Shirokov
• Peter Plaugborg as Kursk Executive Officer Alexander Grekov
• Guillaume Kerbusch as Torpedo's Room Midshipman Alexi Zhukov
• Koen De Sutter as Admiral Ivakin (Peter the Great)
• Gustaf Hammarsten as Lesser Admiral Mikhail Denisov (Peter the Great)
• Aske Bang as Lt. Pulsky (Peter the Great)
• Lars Brygmann as Priz Pilot Kasyenenko
• Martin Greis-Rosenthal as Priz Pilot Ilyushin
• Steven Waddington as Graham Mann (Seaway Eagle)
• John Hollingworth as Lt. Bruce Hamil
• Katrine Greis-Rosenthal as Daria Sonin
• Josse De Pauw as Vadim Markov, Anton's Father
• Feđa Štukan as Warehouse Worker Goncharov
• Jehon Gorani as Warehouse Worker Oblomov
• Miglen Mirtchev as Russian Captain Ivan Timoshenko
• Mark Irons as Russian Head of the SVR Vladimir Laskutin
• Zlatko Burić as Kulkin, Veteran Swimmer on Rudnitsky
• Eva van der Gucht as Marina Lebedev
• Geoffrey Newland as Rescue Team Diver Tony Scott
• Danny van Meenen as Rescue Team Diver Paal Dinessen
• Guido De Craene as Captain Calpin (Peter the Great)
• Marjan De Schutter as Anastasia Dudko
• Gabriela Cotet as Wife Daycare #1

Crew

• Thomas Vinterberg — Director
• Ariel Zeitoun — Producer
• Robert Rodat — Screenplay
• Anthony Dod Mantle — Director of Photography
• Alexandre Desplat — Original Music Composer
• Christophe Toulemonde — Producer
• Patrick Vandenbosch — Producer
• Fabrice Delville — Producer
• Jérôme de Béthune — Producer

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