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The Red Tent (1969) - Movie Browser

Sean Connery as a doomed explorer? This Soviet-Italian epic crashes harder than its airship.

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Soviet spectaclefrozen guilt-tripinterrogation chamber

Overview

Adventure Drama History

Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.

Content warning

disaster dirigible airship rescue operation

survivor's guiltpolitical scapegoatingobsession with legacythe cost of ambition

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Kalatozov's ice sequences will make you shiver involuntarily.

Acting

Finch crumbles magnificently; Connery haunts every frame he's in.

Production

That full-scale airship replica? Actually crashed for the shot.

Best for:Solo·Theater

Heads up:Emotional·Disturbing

Director

Mikhail Kalatozov

ReleasedDec 23, 1969

Runtime2h 38m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensityhigh

Tonedark

Feelheavy

Budget$10M

Top Cast

Peter Finch

Umberto Nobile

Sean Connery

Roald Amundsen

Claudia Cardinale

Valeria

Hardy Krüger

Einar Lundborg

Eduard Martsevich

Finn Malmgren

Grigoriy Gay

Rudolf Samoylovich

Nikita Mikhalkov

Boris Chukhnovskiy

Luigi Vannucchi

Captain Zappi

Mario Adorf

Giuseppe Biagi

Donatas Banionis

Adalberto Mariano

Massimo Girotti

Giuseppe Romagna Manoja

Yuriy Solomin

Felice Trojani

Otar Koberidze

Natale Cecioni

Boris Khmelnitsky

Alfredo Viglieri

Yuri Vizbor

Frantisek Behounek

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