“The North Pole” (2025): How Soviet Sailors defeated the Americans in the arms race

On February 27, 2025, the film “The North Pole” will be released. This is a ribbon about the heroic campaign of the first Soviet atomic submarine “K-3”, also known as “Lenin Komsomol”, to the North Pole in 1962. We tell you why this film will be interesting not only to lovers of history.

Trailer of the film “The North Pole” (2025)

Plot

Lenin Komsomol went to the North Pole in the context of an exacerbation of the confrontation between the USSR and the USA. This operation was designed to demonstrate the power of the Soviet Navy and is comparable in its complexity with the first flights into space.

2025 prepares a few bright and long-awaited prime ministers. Some paintings were announced in 2024, but for various reasons, the studios moved their release to the screens to a later date. Other films still exist only in the form of scenarios that undergo final edits, or their shooting has just begun.

In 1962, K-3 surfaced at the North Pole for the first time in history. This was the next victory of the USSR over the United States. Immediately after the end of World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States began the arms race. The battle went on the sea. The Americans were the first to create an underwater nuclear power plant. In 1958, she passed under the ice of the Arctic Ocean. To defeat this battle, Soviet sailors had to come up. They did it, but it was not easy.

Actors and roles

The director of the picture Alexander Cott. He is one of the creators of the sensational New Year’s film “Elka-11”. He played the main role of Andrey Merzlikin played the captain. Fame was brought to him by the film “Boomer” (2003). The actor also took part in the projects “Trigger” (2022), “Mosgaz” (2023–2024) and others.

Frame from the film “North Pole” (2025). Photo: provided by the crew

It will appear on the screen Evgeny Mironov. The artist has dozens of successful projects and several prestigious awards. He played the astronaut Alexei Leonov in another historical drama, in the tape “Time of the First” (2003).

Evgeny Mironov. Frame from the film “North Pole” (2025). Photo: provided by the crew

The project was also attended by Elena North (“Mata Hari” (2017)), Kirill Kyaro (“Snick” (2017)), Olga Lomonosova (“Do not be born beautiful” (2017)), and others.

Olga Lomonosova. Frame from the film “North Pole” (2025). Photo: provided by the crew

Interesting facts

  • The filming of the film took place on the ice of the Gulf of Finland in Sestroretsk and continued in Moscow and Murmansk.
  • 135 enterprises from all over the country participated in the creation of the Soviet native. It was impossible to take out the drawings, the employees went into a special room and remembered them. And the first details of the case were made without them at all. Creating a submarine is a real feat.
  • Now the legendary submarine is located in the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt, it was taken to land, although they initially wanted to utilize it, but the ship repairmen achieved its preservation.
  • The American Nautilus is also in the exhibit of the US submarine fleet.

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