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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] |