The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike' (1973)

WarActionAdventureDrama

1942, Polar region. The Germans are preparing to capture Murmansk. The submarine Sch-721 is considered lucky, and its captain Aleksei Strogov has the ability to extricate himself from the most difficult situations. He also develops tactics for a periscope-free torpedo attack, despite the skepticism of colleagues and management. And now, when the Happy "Pike" had to take on board the crew of another Soviet submarine, and she was on the seabed with almost no oxygen, Aleksei manages to save people and perform the operation, paying for it with his life...

Director: Boris Volchek

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	Pyotr Velyaminov as Aleksei Strogov
	Donatas Banionis as Viktor Sherknis
	Vladimir Ivanov as Anatoliy Golik
	Mikhail Volkov as Valeriy Rudakov
	Vladimir Kashpur as midshipman Nosov
	Svetlana Sukhovey as Oksana
	Yelena Dobronravova as Svetlana Vedenina
	Boris Belov as 1st rank captain
	Stanislav Borodokin as Sergei Shukhov
	Pavel Makhotin as commander-in-chief
	Shota Mshveniyeradze as Shota Kharadze
	Valentina Berezutskaya as storekeeper
	Anatoli Borisov as german admiral
	Vladimir Dyakov as ship's navigator
	Evgeniy Evstigneev as Stepan Lukich
	Mihails Kublinskis as baron von Hinz
	Valeriy Kupriyanov as Ivan Pantyukhin
	Nikolai Trifonov as Sanya Malkov
	Olgerts Salkonis as Davids
	Roman Khusainov as Seryozha Sychyov
	Konstantin Raykin as Bulkin
	Igor Kulik as military doctor
	Viktor Plyut as Riedel
	Vsevolod Yakut as german admiral
	Vasiliy Tsygankov as 2st rank captain (uncredited)
	Georgi Dvornikov as Rogozhin (uncredited)
	Lyubov Sokolova as cook (uncredited)
	Viktor Volkov as captain-lieutenant (uncredited)
	Evgeniy Zosimov as german navy officer (uncredited)
	Nikita Astakhov as sailor

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