The Real Hunt for Red October
★ 5.8 · 2021 · 42m · Documentary · Drama
The docu-drama reveals, for the first time, the astonishing secret events behind the Russian submarine, Red October, that went missing on March 8, 1968, taking the Soviet Union and U.S. to the brink of war.
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