Hostile Waters (1997)

19971h 23mdir. David DruryUnited States, France, United Kingdomthriller

Note: this print runs 83 minutes against a recorded 92 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Colm Feore, Dominic Monaghan, Harris Yulin, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow, Peter Guinness, Rutger Hauer, Regina Taylor

Directed by David Drury

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Hostile Waters is a British 1997 television film about the loss of the Soviet Navy's K-219, a Yankee I class nuclear ballistic missile sub. The film stars Rutger Hauer as the commander of K-219 and claims to be based on the true story, also described in the 1997 book of the same name. The film was produced by World Productions for the BBC and HBO, in association with Invision Productions and UFA Filmproduktions. It was written by Troy Kennedy Martin and directed by David Drury, and was first transmitted on BBC One on 26 July 1997.

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