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Pirates Of The 20th Century
''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. Plot The film begins with a convoy of military vehicles rolling into a seaport located somewhere in Middle East in the bank of Indian or Pacific Ocean and stopping near the pier where the Soviet cargo ship ''Nezhin'' is anchored. An agent of a local pharmaceutical company meets the captain of the Soviet vessel and discusses the cargo, medical opium, which is in critical demand by the hospitals of the USSR. Soon after that the pharmaceutical company agent is seen inside a car, speaking to someone via walkie-talkie. Later the MV ''Nezhin'', with the opium on bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Durov
Boris Valentinovich Durov (russian: Борис Валентинович Дуров; 12 March 1937 – 5 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. His 1979 action film ''Pirates of the 20th Century'' became the highest-grossing Soviet movie of all time. He was named Merited Artist of the Russian Federation in 2000. Biography Boris Durov was born in Sloviansk, Ukrainian SSR (modern-day Ukraine). He finished the Kazan Suvorov Military School in 1955 and the Riga Higher Military Aviation Engineering School in 1960. At that point he decided not to continue the military career and entered the director's faculty at VGIK. He studied under Yakov Segel along with Stanislav Govorukhin. Upon graduation in 1967 they co-directed their first feature film: ''Vertical''. It was one of the first Soviet movies dedicated to mountaineering and also featured Vladimir Vysotsky in a minor role.Vladimir SergeevPeople took notebooks to Vertical to write down Vladimir Vysotsky's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladivostok
Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, covering an area of , with a population of 600,871 residents as of 2021. Vladivostok is the second-largest city in the Far Eastern Federal District, as well as the Russian Far East, after Khabarovsk. Shortly after the signing of the Treaty of Aigun, the city was founded on July 2, 1860 as a Russian military outpost on formerly Chinese land. In 1872, the main Russian naval base on the Pacific Ocean was transferred to the city, stimulating the growth of modern Vladivostok. After the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917, Vladivostok was Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, occupied in 1918 by White Russian and Allies_of_World_War_I, Allied forces, the last of whom from Japan were not withdrawn until 1922; by that tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. His early film ''Bloody Sunday (film), Bloody Sunday'' (2002), about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other films he has directed include three in the ''Bourne (film series), Bourne'' action/thriller series: ''The Bourne Supremacy (film), The Bourne Supremacy'' (2004), ''The Bourne Ultimatum (film), The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), and ''Jason Bourne (film), Jason Bourne'' (2016); ''United 93 (film), United 93'' (2006), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, BAFTA Award for Best Director and received an Academy Award for Best Director nomination; ''Green Zone (film), Green Zone'' (2010); and ''Captain Phillips (film), Captain Phillips'' (2013). In 2004, he co-wrote an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Phillips (film)
''Captain Phillips'' is a 2013 American biographical thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. Based on the 2009 ''Maersk Alabama'' hijacking, the film tells the story of the eponymous Captain Richard Phillips, an American merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates. It stars Tom Hanks as Phillips, alongside Barkhad Abdi as pirate leader Abduwali Muse. The screenplay by Billy Ray is based on Phillips's 2010 book '' A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea'', which Phillips co-wrote with Stephan Talty. Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca served as producers on the project. It premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival, and was theatrically released on October 11, 2013. The film emerged as a critical and commercial success, receiving positive reviews from critics and grossing $220 million against a budget of $55 million. ''Captain Phillips'' received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Hijacking
''A Hijacking'' ( da, Kapringen) is a 2012 Danish thriller film written and directed by Tobias Lindholm about a ship hijacking. Pilou Asbæk and Søren Malling star as a cook taken hostage and the CEO that attempts to negotiate for his release, respectively. It premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Mikkel Hartmann, cook on board the Danish merchant ship ''Rozen'', is anxious to return to his wife and child. Jan Sørensen, the ship's engineer, asks him to take a letter home to his family. Back in Denmark, shipping company representative Lars Vestergaard, unable to close a difficult deal, requests help from CEO Peter Ludvigsen, who concludes the deal with the Japanese businessmen. Ludvigsen suddenly learns that pirates in the Indian Ocean have hijacked the ''Rozen''. On the ship, the crew is separated into two groups, and Hartmann is forced at gunpoint to cook a meal. Automatic gunfire punctuates the night, frightening the hostages and keeping the atmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Martirosyan (actor)
Georgy Khachaturovich Martirosyan (russian: Гео́ргий Хачату́рович Мартиросьян; January 31, 1948, Rostov-on-Don) is a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2004). at the kino-teatr.ru Selected filmography * (1975) as Tikhon * (1978) as cardinal's guardsman * Ther ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosun
A boatswain ( , ), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a deck boss, or a qualified member of the deck department, is the most senior rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull. The boatswain supervises the other members of the ship's deck department, and typically is not a watchstander, except on vessels with small crews. Additional duties vary depending upon ship, crew, and circumstances. History The word ''boatswain'' has been in the English language since approximately 1450. It is derived from late Old English ''batswegen'', from ''bat'' (''boat'') concatenated with Old Norse ''sveinn'' ('' swain''), meaning a young man, apprentice, a follower, retainer or servant. Directly translated to modern Norwegian it would be ''båtsvenn'', while the actual crew title in Norwegian is ''båtsmann'' ("''boats-man''"). While the phonetic spelling ''bosun'' is reported as having been observed since 1868, this latter spelling was used in Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Kashintsev
Igor Konstantinovich Kashintsev (russian: Игорь Константинович Кашинцев;Награждён указом президента России № 537 от 19 мая 2003 года 17 June 1932 – 11 December 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a (2003) and was awarded the (2008). He was also known for his readings of the works of |
Natalya Khorokhorina
Natalya Nikolaevna Khorokhorina (russian: Ната́лья Николаевна Хорохо́рина; Kharakhorina (russian: Харахорина); born in 1954) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. Biography Natalya Nikolaevna Khorokhorina was born May 5, 1954, at the farm near the village of Moscow Vnukovo in Moscow region in a working-class family. As a schoolgirl, Natasha attended drama school at the Pioneers Palace. After high school, Natalya spent a year on self-education and additional documents filed immediately and Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, and Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School. She was accepted into both. She chose the Shchepkin School, and graduated in 1976, course of Viktor Korshunov. After graduation from the school, Natalia worked in the theaters Moscow Chamber Troupe, The Ark, Sphere. Natalia Khorokhorina also played at the Moscow Mayakovsky Theatre. In the Moscow theater Sphere, Horohorina served eleven years. Her acting debut in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rein Aren
Rein Aren (25 December 1927 Tartu – 16 May 1990 Tallinn) was an Estonian actor. In 1951 he graduated from GITIS' Estonian studio. From 1946 until 1949, he was a choir singer and ballet dancer at Vanemuine theatre. From 1951 until 1972, and again from 1979, he worked at Estonian Drama Theatre. From 1973 until 1979, he worked at Russian Theatre. Besides theatre roles he played also in several films. His younger brother was ballet dancer and actor Väino Aren Väino Aren (11 August 1933 – 18 April 2023) was an Estonian ballet dancer, actor, and operetta singer. Career Born in Pala, Tartu County, Aren studied at Vanemuine Ballet Studio in Tartu. From 1953 until 1955, he studied at the Leningrad Cho .... Awards * 1966: Meritorious Artist of the * 1982: People's Artist of the Estonian SSR Filmography * 1955: ''Jahid merel'' * 1961: '' Ohtlikud kurvid'' * 1969: ''Punane telk'' * 1980: '' Pulmapilt'' * 1982: ''Corrida'' * 1984: ''Karoliine hõbelõng'' * 1984: ''Hundiseaduse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Engineer
A chief engineer, commonly referred to as "ChEng" or "Chief", is the most senior engine officer of an engine department on a ship, typically a merchant ship, and holds overall leadership and the responsibility of that department..Chief engineer's rank is equivalent to the rank of a ship's captain. As a person who holds one of the most senior roles on the ship, they must have excellent communication and leadership skills. They will be expected to regularly work alongside other crew members and external consultants, and most importantly, provide guidance to their team. To be a chief engineer, an engineer must attain a chief engineer's license appropriate to the tonnage, power rating, and type of ship that they are employed on. A chief engineer is ultimately responsible for all operations and maintenance that has to do with any and all engineering equipment throughout the entire ship, and supervises all other engineering officer and engine ratings within the department. United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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