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The Diplomatic Pouch

Original title: Sumka dipkuryera
  • 1927
  • 50m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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The Diplomatic Pouch (1927)
Thriller

The true murder of the Soviet diplomat Teodor Nette, which narrates the difficulties in returning the diplomatic bag of the murdered agent to Russia, by sea and before it is found by the Bri... Read allThe true murder of the Soviet diplomat Teodor Nette, which narrates the difficulties in returning the diplomatic bag of the murdered agent to Russia, by sea and before it is found by the British secret police.The true murder of the Soviet diplomat Teodor Nette, which narrates the difficulties in returning the diplomatic bag of the murdered agent to Russia, by sea and before it is found by the British secret police.

  • Director
    • Aleksandr Dovzhenko
  • Writers
    • Moisei Zats
    • Boris Shcharansky
    • Aleksandr Dovzhenko
  • Stars
    • Mattea Buyukli
    • A. Klymenko
    • Heorhii Zelondzhev-Shypov
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
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    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Aleksandr Dovzhenko
    • Writers
      • Moisei Zats
      • Boris Shcharansky
      • Aleksandr Dovzhenko
    • Stars
      • Mattea Buyukli
      • A. Klymenko
      • Heorhii Zelondzhev-Shypov
    • 2User reviews
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    Mattea Buyukli
    • Embassy Secretary
    • (as M. Buyukli)
    A. Klymenko
    • First Diplomatic Courier
    Heorhii Zelondzhev-Shypov
    • Second Diplomatic Courier
    Ida Penzo
    • Ellen - Ballerina
    Boris Zagorsky
    • Spy
    Sergei Minin
    Sergei Minin
    • Police Inspector White [Uayt]
    H. Skoretskyi
    • Boatswain Harry [Garri] - Watchman's Son
    Ivan Kapralov
    • Ralph [Ralf] - Sailor
    Anisim Suslov
    • The Watchman
    • (as O. Suslov)
    Redina
    • The Watchman's Wife
    G. Pinkler
    • Jake [Dzhek] - The Watchman's Youngest Son
    V. Komaretskyi
    • Captain of Ship 'Victoria'
    Osip Merlatti
    • Ship's Mate
    • (as O. Merlatti)
    Aleksandr Dovzhenko
    Aleksandr Dovzhenko
    • Stoker
    Dmitriy Kapka
    Dmitriy Kapka
    • Passenger
    Konstantin Eggert
    Konstantin Eggert
    • Sailor-Boxer
    A. Belov
    • Tavern Owner
    Mikhail Smolenskiy
    • Passenger with Glasses
    • Director
      • Aleksandr Dovzhenko
    • Writers
      • Moisei Zats
      • Boris Shcharansky
      • Aleksandr Dovzhenko
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    7thecatsmotheruk

    International solidarity.

    I could tell this was going to be good in the first few minutes.

    A Soviet diplomat is being pursued by the evil British police and is fatally injured by a railway line (incidently the visuals certainly hint at what Dovzhenko was to achieve in the way of memorable imagary) and finds shelter with a railway worker. He dies (naturally having a vision of Lenin as he passes) and entrusts the eponymous pouch to the worker - who just happens to have a relative heading to Leningrad with his ship and all the sailors just happen to be Soviet sympathisers. Will they escape the evil Bourgoise police?!?!?!?

    Ok it is a naive film, and some of it might irritate those who were not pro Soviet (though in its defence it was far less rabid than say Eisenstein's efforts) but it is entertaining and an interesting period piece.

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    • Trivia
      Dovzhenlo worked in the Soviet embassy in London and Berlin before becoming a filmmaker so he knew the subject. The death of soviet courier Theodor Nette in 1926 was one of the impetus in the movie production.

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    • Release date
      • January 24, 1928 (Soviet Union)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Official sites
      • VUFKU
      • VUFKU
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Сумка дипкур'єра
    • Filming locations
      • Odessa Film Studio, Odessa, Ukraine(interior and exterior locations)
    • Production companies
      • Odeska Kinofabryka
      • Vseukrainske Foto Kino Upravlinnia (VUFKU)
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    • Runtime
      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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