On October 12, the premiere of the disaster film «Icebreaker» took place at the «October» cinema center – a story based on real events about the forced drift of the icebreaker «Mikhail Somov» near the coast of Antarctica.
The picture was presented by producer Igor Tolstunov, director Nikolay Khomeriki, the film's actors: Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergei Puskepalis, Alexey Barabash, Vitaly Khaev, Boris Kamorzin, Olga Filimonova, Anna Mikhalkova, Alexander Pal, and other creators.
«We worked on this film for more than three years, we thank all the partners and those who worked on the picture, but we want to express special gratitude to two participants of the real events of 1985. These events formed the basis of the film, and the people are now with us in the hall. These are Valentin Filippovich Rodchenko, captain of the ship «Mikhail Somov» stuck in the ice, and Artur Nikolaevich Chilingarov, who led the expedition to rescue the «Somov», – said Igor Tolstunov.