Island of the Dead Ship (film)

The film begins with the fact that an ordinary guy, our contemporary, a resident of Leningrad named Volodya (actor Gediminas Storpirstis ), quarrels with his wife. Then he goes out into the street ... and unexpectedly finds himself in Marseille , in 1928 , and in the body of the killer (according to the inspector Jimmy Simpkins who arrested him) Reginald Gatling.

Together they board the ship , which is supposed to take them to America, "closer to the electric chair ." But at night, for some reason, the ship crashes and drowns. The miraculously saved Volodya, Jimmy, as well as the charming passenger Vivian Kingman (actress Larisa Belogurova ) - a copy of Volodya's wife - are moving to the crashing place ... "The Flying Dutchman ", who continues to drift on the open sea. And then they fall into the island, lost in the Sargasso Sea , formed from the wreckage of half-sunken ships. The ruler of the island is Fergus Slayton ( Arunas Storpirstis ), his closest assistant is Sholom-Trepach ( Konstantin Raikin ). In addition to them, the island is inhabited by: wife Trepacha Maggie ( Natalia Lapina ), historian Luders with his wife Frida ( Lilian Malkina ) and many more sailors, travelers, and pirates. According to custom, the newcomer Vivian should choose one of the inhabitants of the island as her husband. Slayton, who himself laid eyes on her, locks Volodya and Jimmy into the punishment cell, but they manage to free themselves and catch the ceremony of choosing the groom. Vivian chooses Volodya as his husband, as he is in love with him. The islanders have a magnificent wedding. Then the wedding night comes and Volodya admits Vivian that he is already married and "has come from another world." But now he doesn’t care, he is in love with Vivian ... Meanwhile, Jimmy is watching Slayton. He notices the “tail” and is wary.

And the next morning, Jimmy accidentally wanders into the hold of an abandoned ship, where he discovers ... brother Slayton Edward, locked in a cage. He is clearly out of his mind. At this time, Slayton comes up. He tells Jimmy about his brother, as well as his relationship with Maggie. This conversation is heard by Trepach. He is shocked by the fact that his wife cheated on him. Meanwhile, Slayton leads Jimmy away, but Volodya appears. He frees Edward, but he, running around the island in a fit of insanity, dies. Meanwhile, Slayton shares with Jimmy his plans for the island: he wants to fly in a balloon, and then return for treasures. After that, Slayton pushes Jimmy into the water and shoots him in front of the inhabitants of the island. The trepach announces into the loudspeaker everything that he heard in the conversation between Jimmy and Slayton, and immediately gets a bullet in his forehead. Then Slayton out of revenge kills Vivian and escapes. They chase after him, but he manages to fly away in a balloon.

And Volodya suddenly reappears in his time. Judging by his ragged appearance, unshaven face and bump on the back of his head, he did not dream of everything that was happening. It ends with the fact that Volodya returns to his apartment and sits down to dinner with his wife, who is so similar to the deceased Vivian.

• Larisa Belogurova - Vivian Kingman / wife Volodya / Della Jackson
• Gediminas Storpirstis - Volodya / Reginald Gatling
• Nikolay Lavrov - Agent for Special Cases Jim Simpkins
• Konstantin Raikin - Sholom-Trepach
• Natalia Lapina - Maggie
• Arunas Storpirshtis - Governor Fergus Slayton (voiced by Andrey Tolubeev )
• Lilian Malkin - Frida
• Gali Abaidulov - Lame / Conductor / Spaniard
• Valentin Zhilyaev - Red
• Sergey Parshin - The Sailor
• Simon Furman - “Asian”
• Arkady Shalolashvili - “Turk”
• Mikhail Stein - Liliput
• Mikhail Scheglov - Luders, husband of Frida
• Tito Romalio - The Mulatto
• Algis Arlauskas - '
• Larisa Dolina
• Yuri Senkevich - cameo '

• Directors: Rauf Mammadov , Eugene Ginzburg
• Screenwriter: Arkady Klenov, Eugene Ginzburg , Rauf Mammadov
• Operator: Valery Mironov
• Artists: Boris Bykov , Mikhail Scheglov

• The Voice-over Song (music by Vladimir Davydenko , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Vladimir Styopin , Ella Fidelman , Nina Matveeva .
• “The Way to the Bottom” (music by Georgy Garanyan , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Lyubov Privina , Vladimir Styopin , Ella Fidelman , Nina Matveeva .
• "Shark" (music by Alexander Zatsepin , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Nikolai Noskov .
• “Ah, if not for love ...” (music by Vladimir Davydenko , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) are performed by Nikolai Noskov and Ella Fidelman .
• “Ghosts” (music by Georgy Garanyan , ^[2] lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Vladimir Presnyakov .
• “The song of Sholom meeting the new arrivals” (music by Alexander Basilaya , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Mikhail Pokhmanov .
• “Song about Bermuda” (music by Yuri Saulsky , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Vladimir Styopin .
• “On the Island” (music by David Tukhmanov , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Sergey Minaev .
• “Wedding Song” (music by David Tukhmanov , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Sergey Minaev .
• “Draw lots” (words by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Mikhail Pokhmanov .
• “The beginning of each of us” (music by Yuri Saulsky , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Sergey Minaev .
• “Letters to loved ones” (music by Alexander Basilaya , words by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by the ensemble “ Iveria ”.
• “My Faithful Moor” ( Vladimir Davydenko ^[3] , words by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Larisa Dolina .
• “A song about legal marriage” (music by Alexander Basilaya ^[4] , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Sergey Minaev .
• “There is nothing to possess” (music by Alexander Zatsepin ^[5] , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) performed by the ensemble “ Iveria ”.
• “The number of the governor of Slayton” (music by Vladimir Davydenko , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Pavel Smeyan .
• “Song of Sholom about his wife” (music by Vladimir Davydenko , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Mikhail Pokhmanov .
• “Romance” (music by Vladimir Davydenko , lyrics by Yuri Ryashentsev ) is performed by Nikolai Noskov .

The film expert A. Shpagin considered the film unsuccessful: in his opinion, the plot and pop numbers are not consistent with each other ^[6] .

• 1988 - MTF Silver Rose Prize in Montreux ^[6] .

• All the songs in the film are written on the verses of Yuri Ryashentsev (excluding "Motherless child" and "Nobody knows" (traditional. Spirituals).
• For Volodya, the songs are performed by Nikolai Noskov . The parts of Sholom are performed by Sergey Minaev and Mikhail Pokhmanov (in the credits - Pakhmanov), the governor’s aria is Pavel Smeyan . Also singing Larisa Dolina, Lyubov Privina, Ella Fidelman, Nina Matveeva, Vladimir Stepin, Vladimir Presnyakov , the ensemble "Iveria".
• The very first song sounds when Volodya moves into the past - “Voiceover” (Both here and there). The song "Way to the bottom" sounds during a shipwreck, "Shark" performed by Nikolai Noskov - when the characters shoot back from a shark. The song "Ghosts" is performed by Vladimir Presnyakov , when the characters move to the "Flying Dutchman." The song “Ah, if not for love” is sung by Volodya and Vivian. “The song of Sholom meeting the new arrivals” (Sargassa abysses) is sung by Sholom and the sailors. "Song of Bermuda" completes the first series. The second series begins with the chorus “On the Island”. During the ceremony of choosing the groom, “Wedding song” and “Draw lots” are heard. During the wedding - “The Beginning of Each of Us” and “Letters to Loved Ones”. The next morning - “Song in the bar” (My faithful Moor), “Song of legal marriage” and the chorus “Do not have anything”. Next - "The number of the dictator Slayton" and "Song of the Wives." The last musical number is Volodya’s song “Offscreen Monologue” (Romance), during which he returns in due time.
• Yuri Senkevich plays himself ( cameo ) - the host of the “ Cinema Travel Club ” show, which talks about the Bermuda Triangle .
• The film cites the iconic Eastern White Sun of the Desert . In one of the episodes, the inhabitant of the Island of Dead Ships composes a letter, which he then plans to send by bottle mail, and begins it with the words: “Good afternoon, fun moment! And I am writing to you, my dear Anna Stepanovna, a letter ” ^[7] .

The shooting took place on the Berdyansk spit ( Sea of ​​Azov )

• Moskvina T. Unusual adventures on land and at sea // Leningrad worker. - 1988. - April 15.
• Shpagin A. Ginzburg Eugene // The Recent History of Russian Cinema: 1986-2000. Cinema dictionary. Volume One AI / Concept and compilation L. Arkus. - SPb. : Session, 2001 .-- S. 256. - 498 p.

• Island of the dead ships
• Video clips of songs from the film