The first Soviet blockbuster action movie was filmeddirector 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". The actors involved in the shooting process became popular in no time.
The best indicator of the popularity of the picture isdry 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 neizbalovannomu Soviet audience had something to be surprised. The action of the tape famously unfolded on the vast ocean expanses. Pirates attracted attention to exotic appearance and possession of unprecedented martial arts in the USSR.
In fact, the actors of the movie "Pirates of the 20th century" wereSoviet 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 was 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". The actors, whose photos adorned the editorials of Soviet printed publications, became recognizable and loved by the viewer.
The plot of the militant was based on real eventsevents. Such a drama, a heat of passion, tense moments and action scenes (fights, shootings, stunts) 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 actors became idols of hundreds of thousands of residents of the USSR and the nearest abroad.
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 audience a real model Russian peasant, able to stand up for the Fatherland, entrusted ship and his chosen one.
After the painting was released, Nikolaisteadily consolidated the glory of 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 almost tightened under the helical 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 lihachestva.
Another confirmation is the actor TalgatNigmatulin, who acted as the brutal leader of the 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 Nikolai 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 thriller "Pirates of the Twentieth Century" servesthe brightest 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.
