The Icebreaker (film)

The Icebreaker
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Directed byNikolay Khomeriki
Written byAleksey Onishchenko
Produced by
  • Alexander Kozlov
  • Sergey Kozlov
  • Vasily Soloviev (ru)
  • Igor Tolstunov (ru)
Starring
CinematographyFedor Lyass
Music byTuomas Kantelinen
Production
company
PROFIT
Release date
  • October 20, 2016 (2016-10-20) (Russia)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Budget$10,000,000

The Icebreaker (Russian: Ледокол, romanized: Ledokol) is a 2016 Russian disaster film directed by Nikolay Khomeriki. The plot of the film is based in part on the real events that occurred in 1985 with the icebreaker Mikhail Somov, which was trapped by Antarctic ice and spent 133 days in forced drift. The film premiered in Russia on October 20, 2016.