The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

101 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | April 29, 1973

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...

The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

101 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War | April 29, 1973

The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'
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...
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Командир счастливой «Щуки»
Directors Boris Volchek
Writers Aleksandr Moldavsky, Boris Volchek, Vladimir Valutskiy

Cast

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

Nikita Astakhov

as sailor

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

Roman Khusainov

as Seryozha Sychyov

Konstantin Raykin

as Bulkin

Igor Kulik

as military doctor

Viktors Pļuts

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)