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Sumka dipkur’era
(Diplomatic Pouch)
(1927) Ukraine
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Cast: M. Buyukli [the embassy secretary], A. Klymenko [the first diplomatic courier], Heorhii Zelondzhev-Shypov [the second diplomatic courier], Ida Penzo [Helen Viskovska], Boris Zagorsky [the spy], Sergei Minin [Inspector White], H. Skoretskyi [Harry], Ivan Kapralov [Ralph], V. Komaretskyi [captain of the ship ‘Victoria’], Aleksandr Dovzhenko [the stoker], Dmytro Kapka [a passenger], Konstantin Eggert [the sailor-boxer]

VUFKU production; distributed by [?] VUFKU? / Produced by Aleksandr Dovzhenko. Scenario by Aleksandr Dovzhenko, Boris Shcharansky, Yurij Yanovskyi and Moisei Zats. Art direction by Heinrich Beisenherz. Cinematography by Nikolai Kozlovsky. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Adventure.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 28 May 2018.

References: Youngblood-Soviet pp. 180, 318 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.