Alexei Vostrikov quotes from K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)

Alexei Vostrikov

We will not fail.

Alexei Vostrikov

Under no circumstances will I abandon my boat or my crew to the enemy.

Alexei

How bad is it?

The leak is in the sealed area. There's no way to get to it. The temperature will keep rising 'til it reaches 1,000°, and...

Alexei

And? And WHAT?

No one knows.

Alexei

How are the men?

How would I know? I don't know the first thing about radiation sickness.

Alexei

Please...

I'm giving them aspirin. And I'm trying to prevent those who are dying from irradiating those of us who still have some hope.

Alexei

Pull yourself together. You're an officer in the Soviet Navy. Go back and tell them that they're improving. As you say, you know nothing about radiation sickness. Perhaps they are.

Mikhail

They'll send you to the Gulag, like your father.

Alexei

Well, it's a family tradition. Isn't it?

Alexei

For their courage I nominated these men for the title of hero of the soviet union. But the committee ruled that because it was not wartime, and because it was merely an accident, they were not worthy of the title hero. What good are honors from such people? These men sacrificed, not for a medal. But because when the time came, it was their duty. Not to the navy, or to the state, but to us. Their comrades. And so, to comrades.

To comrades!