Pirates of the 20th Century
Jul 14 1980
•1h 23m
•Adventure, Action, 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.
Cast
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Nikolay Eryomenko
senior mechanic Sergey Sergeevich "Grandfather"
Pyotr Velyaminov
the captain of the cargo ship "Nezhin" Ivan Ilyich
Talgat Nigmatulin
the pirate Saleh, "Baby", aka Lee Guang, Nguyen Cho
Rein Aren
pirate captain "Master"
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