Pirates of the 20th Century

Pirates of the 20th Century

83 mins | Action, Adventure | Dec. 10, 1979

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.

Pirates of the 20th Century

83 mins | Action, Adventure | Dec. 10, 1979

Pirates of the 20th Century
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Gorky Film Studios
Original title Пираты XX века
Directors Boris Durov
Writers Boris Durov, Stanislav Govorukhin

Cast

Nikolay Eryomenko

as senior mechanic Sergey Sergeevich "Grandfather"

Pyotr Velyaminov

as the captain of the cargo ship "Nezhin" Ivan Ilyich

Talgat Nigmatulin

as the pirate Saleh, "Baby", aka Lee Guang, Nguyen Cho

Georgi Martirosyan

as George Klyuev

Vladimir Episkoposyan

as bearded pirate ("give a hand, Noah")

Rein Aren

as pirate captain "Master"

Dilorom Kambarova

as Maa Islander

Natalya Khorokhorina

as ship barmaid Masha

Tadeusz Kasyanov

as boatswain Matveich

Pavel Remezov

as ship's doctor

Victor Zhiganov

as sailor Igor Mikhailovich Stetsenko

Victor Gordeev

as Yura Mikosha

Leonid Trutnev

as radio operator

Nartai Begalin

as machine gun pirate wearing a cap

Lactemir Dztiev

as bearded pirate

Igor Klass

as pirate Joachim Johannes Schweigert, aka Rolf Schneider, aka Kurt Winner (“I don't beat women”)

Bimbolat Kumalagov

as mustachioed pirate attacking captain and ship's doctor during boarding

Gennadi Chetverikov

as Hardy Pirate (bald, wearing dark glasses on his neck)

Alexander Bespaly

as first officer

Igor Kashintsev

as representative of a western company, pirate informant - Agent Lotos

Vladimir Smirnov

as pompolit

Maija Eglite

as ship librarian Aina