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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: When the submarine is leaving the berth, and the two captains are on the tower, the nearby flag blows away from them in the close-up shots. In the long shots, the flag (and other smoke) blows the other direction.
  
  
• Continuity: Close-ups on some control consoles show new paint over layers that have been severely chipped, not something one would find on a new boat.
  
  
• Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, Vostrikov wears his wedding ring on his left hand. In later shots it is on his right hand as is customary with Russians.
  
  

• Boom mic visible: In the graveyard scene, near the end of the film, the boom mic can be seen reflected in one of the character's hats.
  
  
• Continuity: When the K-19 is preparing to leave her berth for the first time, the order "single up all lines" is given. This order means that one set of lines is removed, but the boat should remain secured to her berth with a 'single' set of lines. When the order is given, the crew removes both sets of lines, and the K-19 departs.
  
  
• Anachronisms: When Radtchenko kisses his girlfriend goodbye he tries to catch what appears to be a Soviet GAZ-66 4x4 utility truck. The production of GAZ-66 did not start until 1966, 5 years after the events of the movie take place.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The US Navy helicopter flying around the K-19 is a Sikorsky S-58T, which had its first flight on 19 August 1970, about 9 years after the incident had taken place.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: The sound the camera makes when the group shot of the crew is taken on the ice is that of a fixed shutter, but the camera being used (either a Leica or a Russian copy) would have had a focal-plane shutter.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: In the "fuel fire" on board, the gas jets actually fueling the fire can clearly be seen at the bottom of the frame.
  
  
• Anachronisms: The film shown by the political officer shows the Civil Rights abuses committed in Birmingham in 1964, four year after the K-19 was launched.
  
  
• Continuity: When Alexei Vostrikov arrives to the meeting with the Admirals his rank up to this point is that of Captain Second Rank. However, during the meeting he wears the shoulder insignia of a Captain First Rank. In the next segment when he boards the K-19, he once again is a Captain Second Rank.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: The CGI helicopter that flies close over the two soviet submarines doesn't cause a wake on the ocean.
  
  
• Factual errors: The worry that the reactor might explode is flawed. Uranium as used in reactors must contain U-235 and may contain U-238 but the design is wrong to cause an explosion. A critical mass of U-235 or plutonium must be formed almost instantly for an explosion, which can't happen in a reactor.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Traditionally, vessels are christened by women, but K-19 was christened by a man.
  
  
• Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, when the radio officer checks for Moscow's confirmation during the drill, the close-up shot of the radio panel shows the green light active and two white lights active. A second later the radio panel is shown again (which should look exactly the same as no actions were taken), this time the two white lights are inactive, and a third light is active.
  
  
• Continuity: At the beginning where Capt Vostrikov is buttoning his dress jacket, he is wearing full medals indicating a full dress uniform; his rank is that of a Capt 2nd Rank. When he arrives at headquarters in the briefing, his rank has changed to that of Capt 1st Rank but his uniform is now the standard dress using ribbons vs. medals. Full dress would not be used for travel at any rate.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When the second reactor repair team begins welding the new cooling conduit, we spot the maker of the welding clamp: "Uniweld Products Inc" based in Ft. Lauderdale FL - definitely not a USSR supplier.
  
  
• Continuity: When the submarine is taken down to 300 Meters during a test dive, prior to the missile launch, we see the side of the sub beginning to crush in from the pressure where the large numbers are located on the hull. Yet these large dents are seen anywhere else throughout the rest of the movie.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the Captain goes into the radioactive reactor room to drag out the last man who was working on the welding, he doesn't close the hatch door to the reactor. This would severely increase the amount of leakage.
  
  

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