The Red Tent
The Red Tent

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The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight, crash, and subsequent rescue efforts. The "ghosts" of people involved in the events appear in his memories to assist him in determining his guilt in the affair. The reminiscences are mixed with the real action: the flight of the "Italia", the air rescue operation from Kings Bay airfield, the expedition of the "Krassin" ice-breaker. A sort of human touch is added ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Red Tent:

Peter Finch
Sean Connery
Claudia Cardinale
Hardy Krüger
Eduard Martsevich
Grigoriy Gay

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The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight, crash, and subsequent rescue efforts. The "ghosts" of people involved in the events appear in his memories to assist him in determining his guilt in the affair. The reminiscences are mixed with the real action: the flight of the "Italia", the air rescue operation from Kings Bay airfield, the expedition of the "Krassin" ice-breaker. A sort of human touch is added by the ever beautiful C.C. playing Malmgren's girlfriend.

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User Review - 10/10 by Varuni MI wish I was the Captain of that magnificent 'Krassin' the Icebreaker ... loved the movie, minus a small cheesy part here and there.
User Review - 10/10 by Anna HAwkward. Clunky. Disjointed. Lousy effects. Sean Connery as a retired 19th century gentleman-explorer-doctor??? But, also: Zeppelins! Claudia Cardinale! Russian ice-breakers! Swedish mercenaries! Windswept Arctic wastes! Clunkiest movie I ever loved.
User Review - 8/10 by Simone AA very good movie... with an exceptional and unforgettable soundtrack from Ennio Morricone... the best love theme he ever composed.
User Review - 8/10 by Julian Simon GA tragedy and rescue drama, with Ennio Morricone sounds. Posed an inner debate for me at an early age: Give up when there is no hope at all, lay down and wait peacefully for the end?
User Review - 8/10 by Lee MMikhail Kalatozov's final film is a little-known anti-epic masterpiece. Heroic folly coupled with heroic fortitude, the film has awe-inspiring polar photography and an intense Ennio Morricone score.
User Review - 8/10 by delysid dthis was a pretty good movie about heading to north pole, but sean connery was hardly in it at all!
User Review - 6/10 by Ben GThe movie is a bit awkward and clunky, but it has its moments. I had difficulty reconciling the 1920s period piece aspect of the film with its obviously 1960s aesthetic. Just strange, but pretty and good score.
User Review - 6/10 by Byron BThe story, the setting, the attention to detail are all top-notch. Unfortunately, as others have said, the movie is awkwardly paced and clunky. Towards the end is one terrifically powerful scene between Connery (who, despite being top-billed, is barely in a quarter of the film) and Finch where they debate the responsibility of leadership. If only the movie leading up to it wouldn't lose the majority of it's audience's attention so long before.
User Review - 6/10 by Scott RA surprising historical story that I knew nothing about. An Italian Zepplin that went to the North Pole, only to be wrecked and its crew stranded makes for an interesting story. Then to tell it from the prespective of the captain looking retrospectively was interesting as he put himself on trial against his imaginary peers was creative. The speech at the end was interesting about who and what leaders are, and that when you become a leader you no longer can be human if you want to be successful. For when you do you compromise your judgement. It did lack though with engaging me past the building of the Red Tent. Many of the decisions made seemed rash and illogical. Then again these may have been the exact actions of the crew historically, and for that it can be excused. Additionally, many of the character embellishments were irelevant and for that I also lost interest. Connery being heralded as the main draw was over exagerating his relatively small role as Amundsen, he is only in the last half of the movie after a one minute shot in the beginning. The real lead was Kruger.
User Review - 6/10 by John RNow here is an interesting film: (1) a Search & Rescue in the Arctic circa 1928, (2) an ecumenical production of British-French-Italian-Soviet cast and crew (during the Cold War), and (3) the political atmosphere at the time (1969), which allowed a film like this to be made. Make no mistake, this film is very much a product of the Cold War. Anyone who watches this film closely, can sense the hidden distrust, annoyance, and general uneasiness. Is that due to the nature and subject of the film, or due to the outside political atmosphere; no one can say for certain, but probably both. The film concerns the leadership, search, and rescue attempts of various nations for General Umberto Nobile and his surviving airship crew who crash near the North Pole after a violent wind storm. Prior to this, there is the flash-forward of General Nobile and his roundtable of ghosts circa 1969. Also, Claudia Cardinale's expanded role as a nurse in love with a key member of Nobile's crew. Narrative interest in the film wanes after about thirty minutes, with a few interesting micro-events such as polar bear hunting with a pistol and a Sean Connery extended cameo as legendary polar explorer Roald Amundsen being the only relief. Remembering the political context at the time in the late 1960s with space exploration being dominated by the U.S., Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev surely wanted the world to see (and remember) a triumph of his country in the realm of exploration, which was the search and rescue of Western experts in the Arctic - a noted Soviet playground. A few final thoughts are these: (1) it's nice to see a late-career Peter Finch in a leading role that isn't The Network (1976, Sidney Lument), (2) it's good to see Sean Connery in anything, but alas, he is simply a device for English-language markets here and his character doesn't bring much to the film (although it had potential), and (3) that definitive Cold War actor- Hardy Kruger; Kruger steals the otherwise lackluster film by using his devil-may-care attitude whenever possible, flirting frequently and often with Ms. Cardinale, and trying to humor an otherwise humorless film. Also, Kruger's character drills Finch's Nobile at the central theme of the film, which is the nature of leadership. Let's leave it at this Umberto Nobile is no Ernest Shackleton.

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