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Controversial Hollywood film to be released in Russia

MOSCOW. July 18 (Interfax) - A new film about the tragic events on the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 will be released worldwide on July 19 and in Russia on July 26, the Russian company distributing it told Interfax on Thursday.

"K-19: The Widowmaker" directed by Kathryn Bigelow presents the story of a nuclear reactor accident on the K-19 on July 4, 1961.

The action centers around a confrontation between the submarine's captain (Harrison Ford) and his first mate (Liam Neeson) during a disaster that could trigger a world war. The crew who try to cool the reactor are exposed to radiation and some of them die.

Russian sailors referred to the submarine as Hiroshima because of its bad luck. Following the 1961 disaster it collided with a U.S. submarine in 1969 and a fire broke out on board. In the course of the 1961 disaster, 42 crewmen who were installing a cooling system for the reactor were exposed to high radiation and eight of them died.

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