A Soviet cargo ship carrying medical opium gets attacked by pirates of an unknown nationality. The crew is left to die on a sinking ship but they manage to escape and now must fight the pirates for survival.
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Title: Pirates of the 20th Century (1980)
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| Nikolay Eryomenko | ... | Sergey Sergeevich | |
| Pyotr Velyaminov | ... | Captain Ivan Ilyich | |
| Talgat Nigmatulin | ... | Saleh | |
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Rein Aren | ... | Pirate Captain 'Master' |
| Dilorom Kambarova | ... | Maa | |
| Natalya Khorokhorina | ... | Masha (as Natalya Kharakhorina) | |
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Maija Eglite | ... | Ayna |
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Tadeush Kasyanov | ... | The Boatswain Matveich |
| Pavel Remezov | ... | The Ship's Doctor | |
| Viktor Zhiganov | ... | Sailor Igor Stetsenko | |
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Viktor Gordeev | ... | Yura Mikosha |
| Georgiy Martirosyan | ... | Georgiy Klyuev | |
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Leonid Trutnev | ... | Radio Operator |
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Nartay Begalin | ... | The Pirate-Machine Gunner |
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Laktemir Dztiev | ... | The Pirate |
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The Soviet cargo ship "Nezhin" in a foreign port, somewhere in the Philippines, receives a large load of opium for the pharmaceutical industry and goes to Vladivostok. On the way, the crew catches a man named Saleh in the sea, who says that he escaped from a cargo ship on which a load of cotton caught fire. Soon, "Nezhin" finds an unknown abandoned "Mercury" ship and captain Ivan Ilyich sends a group of sailors there. Meanwhile, Saleh sneaks into the radio room and, mortally wounding the radio operator, incapacitates the radio station. Written by Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
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Soviet UnionRelease Date:
14 July 1980 (Soviet Union) See more »Also Known As:
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The basic temptation - to compare it with the American hijaking films. the basic sin - to ignore the context when it was made. and, not the last, to ignore the story. sure, many cliches. and fight scenes. and the brave sailors . but the film is more than part from a too familiar series. it is nice, unrealistic - so amusing, chaotic and full of precise pieces of Soviet entertainment . result - its succes. and the perspective from today about a new tool of propaganda in Brezhnev era.