The Commander of the Lucky ‘Pike’

Year: 1973

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: Russian

Director: Boris Volchek

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Set in the polar waters of 1942 as the Germans move to seize Murmansk, the Soviet submarine Sch‑721 is famed as “Lucky Pike.” Its resourceful captain Aleksei Strogov devises daring periscope‑free torpedo tactics despite superiors’ doubt. When the Pike must rescue the crew of a stranded Soviet sub trapped on the seafloor with dwindling oxygen, Strogov leads a harrowing operation that saves the men but costs him his own life.

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