The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

April. 29,1973      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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...

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