Heavy Water

Heavy Water

1979 · ★ 9.0 · War, Romance

The film tells about the difficult and dangerous everyday life of submarine officers in love with their profession during the Cold War.

Directed by Leopold Beskodarnyi · Written by Aleksandr Guselnikov

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