"Pirates of the 20th century." The actors of the first Soviet militant

The first Soviet blockbuster action movie was filmed by director and co-author of the script Boris Durov in a creative union with the famous screenwriter-playwright Stanislav Govorukhin. Thanks to their professionalism, the domestic spectator was able to contemplate the painting "Pirates of the 20th century". Actors involved in the shooting process, became popular in no time.

The most box office and the most criticized

The best indicator of the popularity of the picture is dry statistics. According to experts, only in the first year of the film the film was watched by 90 million inhabitants. Which is not surprising, because the nezbalovannomu Soviet audience had something to be surprised. The action of the tape famously unfolded on the vast ocean expanses. Pirates attracted the attention of exotic appearance and possession of unprecedented martial arts in the USSR.

In fact, the actors of the movie "Pirates of the 20th century" were exclusively Soviet artists, and the shooting process took place in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas. The movie was filmed and mounted in 1979. Representatives of the censorship of the Central Committee of the Komsomol called the film "ideologically harmful" and sent "to the regiment." But by a lucky chance there was a daredevil who sent a film directly to the Brezhnev dacha. He so imbued with the idea that he ordered to release the film on a wide screen. The audience poured into the cinemas. This was the triumph of the militant "Pirates of the 20th century". Actors, whose photos adorned the editorials of Soviet printed publications, became recognizable and loved by the viewer.

Based on real events

The plot of the militant was based on real events. Such a drama, the intensity of passions, tense moments and action scenes (fights, shootings, tricks) the Soviet cinema-goer did not see before the premiere of the movie "Pirates of the 20th century."

Actors and the role of the picture were chosen perfectly:

• The captain of "Nezhin" is the severe sea-wolf Ivan Ilyich performed by Petr Velyaminov;
• Senior mechanic, courageous brave Sergei (actor Nikolai Eremenko, junior);
• Boatswain Matveyevich (Tadeusz Kasyanov);
• Charming barmaid Masha (actress Natalia Horohorina);
• Librarian Ain, embodied on the screen by Maya Eglite.

Actors became idols of hundreds of thousands of residents of the USSR and the nearest abroad.

Without understudies and stuntmen

Despite the colorful casting in the tape "Pirates of the 20th century" (the actors did not deny this fact), the main person of the film was the senior mechanic Sergei - a character embodied on the screen by a wonderful actor Nikolai Eremenko. The senior mechanic appeared before the viewer of a real model Russian peasant, capable of standing up for the Fatherland, entrusted ship and his chosen one.

After the release of the picture in the rental for Nicholas steadily entrenched the glory of the domestic superman and sex symbol. Absolutely all the tricks actor performed independently, because of this recklessness, he almost died. During the shooting of the episode in which the hero jumps from the rock to the deck of the ship, Eremenko nearly tightened under the screw blades. So, because of the desperate courage and fervor, the film "Pirates of the 20th Century" could not be completed. Actors involved in the cinema, sometimes did not think about the consequences of their fidgeting.

Film Resistance

Another confirmation is the actor Talgat Nigmatulin, who played the role of brutal leader of pirates Saleh. The artist was born in Kyrgyzstan, but due to the fact that his features were elegant and refined, he was quite similar to a native of foreign eastern countries. It was Nigmatulin who excellently demonstrated in the cinema the art of karate, which he studied since early childhood, and became a junior champion in Uzbekistan. Talgat and Nicholas in reality were bosom friends, but in the tape - kinoprotivnikami, so they fought for real. The consequences have affected so far. During the filming, the elbows were knocked out of the actors, the pelvic bones were injured. Unfortunately, the star role of the bloodthirsty pirate was the first and last in the career of Nigmatulin. Five years after the release of the film in a rental, he died tragically.

The master of oriental martial arts Tadeusz Kasyanov became the master of fights and the adviser of the film "Pirates of the 20th Century" (actors unquestioningly obeyed by a professional). He played the role of boatswain.

The first Soviet action movie "Pirates of the Twentieth Century" serves as the clearest proof that a good film does not need a lot of special effects. Sufficiently high-quality directing, full commitment of actors and wonderful musical accompaniment.