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The Diplomatic Pouch

Screenplay by: M. Zats and B. Sharanskyi (adapted by Oleksandr Dovzhenko)

Director Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Cinematography by M. Kozlovskyi

Production designer G. Bayzengerts

Titles author Yuriy y anovskiy

Cast: The secretary of the Embassy - M. Buyukli

The first diplomatic courier - A. Klymenko

The second diplomatic courier - G. Zelendzhev-Shipov Helen,

the ballerina - I. Penzo The spy - B. Zahorskyi

White, the police inspector - S. Minin Boatswain

Harry, the son of the trackwalker - G.

Skoretskiy Ralf, the sailor - I. Kapralov

The trackwalker- O. Suslov His wife - Redina

Jack, the junior son of the trackwalker - G. Pinkler

The captain of the �Victoria� steamer - V. Komaretskiy

The captain�s mate - O. Merlatt

The stoker - Oleksandr Dovzhenko

The passenger - D. Kapka

The pugilist sailor - K. Eggers

The tavern's owner - A. Belov

The spectacled passenger - M. Smolenskiy

Theballerina's maid - Ye. Chernova

The port�s chief- Tarasevich

Passengers: Kalvelis, Solntsev, Lanskoy

The first gangster - P. Matviyenko

The second gangster - Sandulevskiy

Production of the

All-Ukrainian Administration of Photography and Cinematography

(VUFKU) Odessa, 1927

A trackwalker went on the line before the fast train.

- I was carrying post to Moscow. I am a Soviet diplomatic...

- Dear, kind father... The documents are for him...

- He died well like a man and Bolshevik!..

- Now the fast train will pass.

Carry that to Harry and tell about the request.

- The pouch!..

- Sir, you sound as if you have a revolver in your pocket.

- Our boy went with the pouch by the fast train.

- To our Harry in Portsmouth.

- Where does he live?

�To detain a boy with a pouch in the train, number 385.

The Political police inspector White.�

Portsmouth deafened a person by the fuss on streets,

roar of chains and cars, noise of cranes and engines.

A Portsmouth-Leningrad steamer named

�Victoria� was getting ready to the voyage.

�A boy with a pouch is not detected.�

Harry... (Skoretskiy)

- We have a Bolshevik dead here... Documents to Moscow.

- Bolshevik post for Leningrad. We will stand as a unit.

- I will not go farther. It is storm.

The chief of the Portsmouth port.

- Dammit!.. Who is a captain, you or me?..

Sailors warm up and amuse in the crew' quarters from watch to watch.

�Victoria� must not leave Dover until my arrival.

The Political police inspector White.�

�Victoria� arrives at Dovertoday.

Buy a ticket to Danzig.

Wait for instructions.�

�Victoria� arrived at Dover in the evening.

The �Wet Deck� tavern.

The sea weather tends to be different, and here it is always wet.

An experienced eye has already been spying on �Victoria�.

- It cannot be. I know Harry as an honest seaman.

- You may rest assured - your luggage will be sent for.

- Watch for this - the line will lead you to the clew.

The �Wet Deck� magnetized. Why not to share with the companions.

- Gentlemen!.. It is a search on the board!..

They are searching for our pouch!..

- Where should we hide the pouch?..

- They will not look for it in the ballerina' luggage...

A pigeon flew in the �Wet Deck� on a barrel.

- Treat the boatswain kindly. He knows where the pouch is.

- Take the trunk out and open it.

- I like strong men. Wind drives me to them.

That evening Helen was preparing to perform on the concert in the wardroom.

Inspector White has sent for a stoker immediately.

- You are playing a bad game, sir!..

- I am still playing it, mister Inspector!..

- Stay at your place!

�Art�, especially a nude lady,

was not alien for the present in the wardroom...

- Who is there?..

- May I?

- As I can see, you have got the pouch, Mr. Drowned man.

- Man overboard!

Nobody was found in waves.

The silent sea swashed around.

�Victoria�, sailors, stokers, the captain, the ballerina, cargo

and the Soviet post were heading to Leningrad via Danzig.