It is the companion book to the upcoming national geographic feature film about this gripping tragedy, k19. In command is ironwilled captain alexei vostrikov harrison ford. The widowmaker, a 1996 sciencefiction novel by mike resnick, along with the sequels the widowmaker reborn 1997,the. In 1961, the soviet union launches its first ballistic missile nuclear submarine, the k19, commanded by captain alexei vostrikov harrison. It takes place in the year 1961, when the nuclear race with russia was at its highest tension point. It is 1961 and captain alexi vostrikov harrison ford has just taken over command of the ussrs first nuclear submarine, k19, from captain mikhail polenin. When russias first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster. Written from the diary of the actual k19 skipper, it details the ussrs quest for naval. Soviet nuclear submarine by peter huchthausen which features. After the cold war, the sub was sold and used as a restaurant and vodka bar in helsinki, finland, and as a set for the 2002 ford movie k19. Open library staff picks, k19 submarine, historical films, nuclear submarines, submarine disasters, k19 motion picture, history. Also aboard is the popular executive officer mikhail polenin liam neeson, who clashed. The widowmaker is based on the true story of a neardisaster.
The widowmaker was directed by kathryn bigelow, and stars harrison ford and liam neeson. The widowmaker the secret story of the soviet nuclear submarine by peter huchthausen which features the memoirs of reallife k19 captain nikolai zateyev. The secret story of the soviet nuclear submarine by peter huchthausen and u. The widowmaker is a 2002 historical submarine film directed and produced by kathryn bigelow, and produced by edward s.
K19 the widowmaker the secret story of the soviet nuclear. This book gives you the real story behind the dramatization presented in the motion picture. The widowmaker directed by kathryn bigelow online at alibris. The widowmaker tells the hairraising story of the soviet. Randisi has over five million copies of his books in print. Soviet technologies a companion to the feature film of the same name, k 19. The widowmaker 2002 fire in the torpedo room and the mutiny against vostrikov duration.
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The crew of a soviet nuclear submarine on its maiden voyage must avert disaster when their vessel malfunctions. At the height of the 1960s cold war, russia launches its flagship nuclear submarine, the k 19. Fans love his hardhitting westerns, and the widowmaker series features some of his best. The widowmaker is, without a doubt, the worst title that any wouldbe blockbuster has been saddled with this summer.
National geographic society staff 2002, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Now that bigelow has won an oscar for best director, its time to give the movie a second chance. The widowmaker follows captain alexei vostrikov harrison ford who, at the height of the cold war, is ordered to. This dramatic book, companion volume to the film k19. The widowmaker by kathryn bigelow harrison ford, liam. The widowmaker with a stalwart sense of mission mirroring that of its characters, k 19. Huchthausen i choose to read another original by peter a. The soviet union began building their first ballisticmissileequipped nuclear submarine in 1958, and named it the k 19. The number of different kinds of things that can go wrong on a submarine is presumably limited. With harrison ford, sam spruell, peter stebbings, christian camargo.
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