Piraty XX veka

Jul 14 1980 PG-13 1h 26m
Action, Adventure, Crime

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.

Plot

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

Boris Durov, Stanislav Govorukhin

Directed by

Boris Durov

Production Countries

Soviet Union

Production Companies

Gorky Film Studios

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,103
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA