The Red Tent

1971

The Red Tent

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The true story of a tragic 1928 arctic expedition provides the basis for this adventure drama that was a joint Italian and Russian co-production. Peter Finch stars as General Umberto Nobile, who is visited in Rome by the ghosts of those whose lives were taken in his ill-fated mission forty years earlier. In flashback, Nobile recalls the attempt to cross the North Pole by flying dirigible, the Italia. When the airship crashes, Nobile and his crew are scattered across the ice, left to struggle against the freezing cold elements and local polar bears, among other hazards. In an effort to save the expedition, the great explorer Roald Amundsen (Sean Connery), the first man to reach the South Pole, is dispatched to rescue Nobile. When Amundsen disappears (never to be heard from again), an icebreaker is launched to bring national hero Nobile home, but at the expense of his crewmates. Although The Red Tent (1971) was considered a costly box office failure, the film did win a Golden Globe for Best English Language Foreign Film.
  • Rating:
    G
  • Genre:
    Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics, Drama
  • Directed By:
    Mikhail Kalatozov
  • Written By:
    Ennio De Concini, Richard L. Adams
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  • Studio:
    Paramount Pictures

Cast

Peter Finch
as Gen. Umberto Nobile
Sean Connery
as Roald Amundsen
Claudia Cardinale
as Nurse Valeria
Hardy Krüger
as Aviator
Mario Adorf
as Biagi
Luigi Vannucchi
as Captain Zappi
Eduard Martsevich
Yuri Solomin
as Troiani
Donatas Banionis
as Mariano
Otar Koberidze
as Cecioni
Massimo Girotti
as Rescue Coordinator
Grigoriy Gay
as Icebreaker Captain
Nikita Mikhalkov
as Icebreaker Pilot
Nikolai Ivanov
as Amateur Radioman
Boris Khmelnitsky
Yuri Vizbor
as Behounek
Andrei Vertogradov
Edward Marzevic
as Finn Malmgren, Meteorologist
Boris Khmelnitskiy
as Viglieri
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