The Diplomatic Pouch (Russian: Сумка дипкурьера, romanized: Sumka dipkuryera) is a 1927 Soviet silent thriller film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko.

The pouch of the Soviet diplomat, which is stolen by British spies, is taken away by the sailors of a ship sailing to Leningrad who deliver it to the authorities.

The surviving courier is taken home by the watchman and entrusts his son, Harry, with delivering the documents to the Soviet Union before dying.

Upon docking in Dover, the sailors head to a local tavern while White searches the ship's quarters, failing to locate the documents.

Later, the ballerina discovers the papers in another suitcase and attempts to deliver them to White, but a sailor intercepts her and throws the documents into the boiler room.

Many of the genre's stock characters appear: spies, prostitutes, police agents, visitors of port pubs, and jazz bands.

The film features images with a lot of unusual angles, night shooting and expressionistic effects (using optical prisms).

After reading, Dovzhenko "neatly folded the sheets and threw them in the face of the degenerate", then banged his fist on the table and screamed.

[citation needed] "The Diplomatic Pouch" was made with high production values at the level typical of 1920s adventure films.