The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'
Командир счастливой «Щуки»
Release: 1973-04-29
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 5.0
War
Action
Adventure
Drama
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...
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Mosfilm
Cast
Donatas Banionis
as Viktor Sherknis
Vladimir Ivanov
as Anatoliy Golik
Yelena Dobronravova
as Svetlana Vedenina
Vsevolod Yakut
as german admiral
Konstantin Raykin
as Bulkin
Viktor Plyut
as Riedel
Vasiliy Tsygankov
as 2st rank captain (uncredited)
Nikita Astakhov
as sailor
Mikhail Volkov
as Valeriy Rudakov
Vladimir Kashpur
as midshipman Nosov
Valentina Berezutskaya
as storekeeper
Mihails Kublinskis
as baron von Hinz
Vladimir Dyakov
as ship's navigator
Viktor Volkov
as captain-lieutenant (uncredited)
Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Stepan Lukich
Olgerts Salkonis
as Davids
Georgi Dvornikov
as Rogozhin (uncredited)
Pyotr Velyaminov
as Aleksei Strogov
Svetlana Sukhovey
as Oksana
Boris Belov
as 1st rank captain
Stanislav Borodokin
as Sergei Shukhov
Anatoli Borisov
as german admiral
Evgeniy Zosimov
as german navy officer (uncredited)
Pavel Makhotin
as commander-in-chief
Lyubov Sokolova
as cook (uncredited)
Crew
Boris Volchek
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Valentin Makarov
Director of Photography
Aleksandr Tolkachov
Set Decoration
Vladimir Klimov
Assistant Camera
Viktor Epshteyn
Camera Operator
Vladimir Valutskiy
Writer
Zoya Moryakova
VFX Artist
Vladimir Aronin
Production Design
Aleksandr Moldavsky
Writer
Aleksandr Renkov
Visual Effects Camera
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Original Music Composer