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23 December 1969 (Italy) morePlot:
The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. moreUser Comments:
"THE RED TENT" - an exciting spectacle of Arctic exploration moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sean Connery | ... | Roald Amundsen | |
| Claudia Cardinale | ... | Nurse Valeria | |
| Hardy Krüger | ... | Aviator Lundborg (as Hardy Kruger) | |
| Peter Finch | ... | Gen. Umberto Nobile | |
| Massimo Girotti | ... | Romagna, Rescue Coordinator | |
| Luigi Vannucchi | ... | Capt. Zappi | |
| Mario Adorf | ... | Biagi, Radio Operator | |
| Eduard Martsevich | ... | Finn Malmgren, Meteorologist | |
| Grigori Gaj | ... | Samoilovich, Captain of Krassin Russian Icebreaker | |
| Nikita Mikhalkov | ... | Chuknovsky, Icebreaker Pilot | |
| Nikolai Ivanov | ... | Kolka, Amateur Radioman | |
| Boris Khmelnitsky | ... | Viglieri | |
| Yuri Solomin | ... | Troiani | |
| Yuri Vizbor | ... | Behounek | |
| Donatas Banionis | ... | Mariano |
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Красная палатка (Soviet Union: Russian title)La tenda rossa (Italy)
The Red Tent (USA)
Tsiteli karavi (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
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USA:121 min (International version) | Russia:158 minColor:
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"The Red Tent", as it was called when released in most of the world, is a fascinating historical epic of Arctic exploration. In the 1920's, Italian General Nobile sought to be the first to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible, of all things! Much of the movie focuses on these efforts; unfortunately, the winds kick up and the air ship is ripped apart. Surviving crewmen end up in various locations on the ice and then procede to battle the elements and polar bears. The great arctic explorer Raoul Amundsen is called in as are the Soviets who pick up radio messages of the disaster; an ice breaker is then dispatched to assist in the rescue. Yes, it is an involved and realistiuc spectacle.
Peter Finch is very good as Nobile, and so is Connery as Amundsen - and it's an historic well-known fact that the first man to reach the South Pole, Amundsen, vanished in his attempt to save Nobile.
Of note is that the story is recounted in flashback much later in a sort of trial of Nobile in his home in Rome, as characters living and dead appear to confront or defend him. Whether or not Nobile was reckless or had bad luck, or just over reached himself, is for the viewer to determine from putting the stories together.
Somewhat long and overinvolved this is still an engrossing account of an epic Arctic disaster and the heroic rescue attempts that followed. If you see it, GRAB it.