Pirates of the 20th Century (1979)
1h 23m
Running Time
December 10, 1979Release Date
Pirates of the 20th Century (1979)
1h 23m
Running Time
December 10, 1979Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Nikolay Eryomenko
Sergey Sergeevich
Pyotr Velyaminov
Captain Ivan Ilyich
Talgat Nigmatulin
Saleh
Georgi Martirosyan
George Klyuev
Rein Aren
Pirate Captain 'Master'
Vladimir Episkoposyan
bearded pirate ('give a hand, Noah')
Boris Durov
Director
Stanislav Govorukhin
Writer
Dilorom Kambarova
Maa Islander
Yevgeni Gevorgyan
Composer
Natalya Khorokhorina
ship barmaid Masha
Aleksandr Rybin
Cinematographer
Tadeusz Kasyanov
boatswain Matveich
Pavel Remezov
ship's doctor
Victor Zhiganov
sailor Igor Mikhailovich Stetsenko
Boris Komyakov
ProductionDesigner
Victor Gordeev
Yura Mikosha
Leonid Trutnev
radio operator
Nartai Begalin
machine gun pirate wearing a cap
Lactemir Dztiev
bearded pirate
Igor Klass
pirate Joachim Johannes Schweigert, aka Rolf Schneider, aka Kurt Winner (“I don't beat women”)
Bimbolat Kumalagov
mustachioed pirate attacking captain and ship's doctor during boarding
Gennadi Chetverikov
Hardy Pirate (bald, wearing dark glasses on his neck)
Alexander Bespaly
first officer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 10, 1979
Original NameПираты XX века
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 23m
Genres
Wiki.
Pirates of the 20th Century (Russian: Пираты XX века, translit. Piraty XX veka) is a 1980 Soviet action/adventure film about modern piracy. The film was directed by Boris Durov, the story was written by Boris Durov and Stanislav Govorukhin.The film was the leader of Soviet distribution in 1980 and had 87.6 million viewers. It was the highest grossing domestically produced film in the Soviet Union.