Pirates of the 20th Century (1980)

Original title

Пираты XX века

Directed by

Boris Durov

Genre

action film, pirate film, thriller film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Soviet cargo ship is attacked by modern pirates in the open sea. The crew must fight to survive and protect their vessel from the hijackers.

adventuroustensenostalgicsuspensefulatmosphericretroexciting

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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