''Commander of the Lucky 'Pike (russian: Командир счастливой 'Щуки', Komandir schastlivoi 'Schuki') is a 1972 Soviet war film directed by Boris Volchek.
The film's title is a pun in Russian, the submarine 'Щ-721' is nicknamed as pike (russian: щука, schuka, lit=pike).
Plot
In 1942, when the German troops are preparing to seize
Murmansk
Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...
, the Soviet command decides to intensify the activities of the Northern Fleet. The crew of the submarine 'Щ-721' performs the task of destroying enemy transport with soldiers and ammunition. The submarine of Strogov is considered to be lucky. The crew under his leadership works wonders and gets out of difficult situations. Also, Strogov is developing a tactic of a non-referential torpedo attack in spite of the skepticism of his colleagues and leadership. During the execution of the combat mission, has to take on board the boat the evacuated crew of another Soviet submarine. Fascists lead a long pursuit after the submarine. In the end, it finds itself in an almost desperate situation - at the bottom of the sea almost without
oxygen
Oxygen is the chemical element with the symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and an oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as wel ...
. Commander Aleksei Strogov manages to save the boat and crew, paying for it with his life ...
Cast
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Pyotr Velyaminov
Pyotr Sergeevich Velyaminov (russian: Пётр Серге́евич Вельями́нов; 1926–2009) was a Soviet Russian film and theater actor who was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR. Commander of Order "For Merit to the Fat ...
as Captain Aleksei Petrovich Strogov
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Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's ''Sola ...
as Commissar Viktor Ionovich Sherknis (voiced by
Aleksandr Demyanenko)
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Elena Dobronravova
Elena Borisovna Dobronravova (russian: Елена Борисовна Добронра́вова; 21 July 1932 – 24 January 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actress. Born July 21, 1932 in Moscow in the family of artists of the Moscow Art Theatre Bo ...
as Engineer Svetlana Ivanovna Vedenina
*Vladimir Ivanov as Red-fleet, torpedo operator Golik
*Mikhail Volkov as Captain-lieutenant, commander of the submarine No. 703 Valery Rudakov
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Vladimir Kashpur
Vladimir Terentyevich Kashpur (; October 26, 1926 – October 17, 2009) was a Russian and Soviet actor. A native of Severka, Altai Krai, Kashpur appeared in '' Ballad of a Soldier'' and about 115 other films, with roles ranging from Vladimir ...
as Midshipman, boatswain Nosov (Kuzmich)
*Stanislav Borodokin as Sergeant-major of the first degree, radio operator Sergei Shukhov
*Shota Mshvenieradze as Sergeant of the second degree Shota Kharadze
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Konstantin Raikin
Konstantin Arkadyevich Raikin (russian: Константи́н Арка́дьевич Ра́йкин; July 8, 1950, Leningrad, USSR) is a Russian Federation, Russian actor and theatre director, the head of the Satyricon (theatre), Moscow Satyrico ...
as Cook Bulkin
*Nikita Astakhov as Red Navy member
*Anatoly Borisov as German Admiral
*Pavel Makhotin as Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral
*Svetlana Sukhovey as Oksana
*Valentina Berezutskaya as Storekeeper
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Yevgeny Yevstigneyev as Stepan Lukich
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Lyubov Sokolova as Aunt Dusya
References
External links
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1972 drama films
1972 films
1970s war drama films
Films scored by Aleksandr Zatsepin
Mosfilm films
1970s Russian-language films
Russian war drama films
Soviet war drama films
World War II submarine films
Russian World War II films
Soviet World War II films
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