The New Adventures of Captain Wrongel
The New Adventures of Captain Wrongel (Russian: Новые приключения капитана Врунгеля, romanized: Novye priklucheniya kapitana Vrungelya) is a 1978 Soviet children's musical adventure film directed by Gennady Vasilyev loosely based on The Adventures of Captain Wrongel by Andrei Nekrasov.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Gennady Vasilyev |
| Written by | Aleksandr Khmelik |
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| Music by | Alexey Rybnikov |
| Cinematography | Gasan Tutunov |
| Edited by | Valentina Isayeva |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Plot
At the English lesson in the secondary school No. 12 in Gurzuf, the teacher gives children the task to write an essay titled "The Summer Holiday". Young pioneer member Vasya Lopotukhin opens the exercise book but his thoughts are far away from the lesson.
As a result, in his dreams he goes along with Captain Wrongel to investigate the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. Thanks to ingenuity and resourcefulness, Vasya manages to unravel the machinations of a group of gangsters who are operating in the area of the Bermuda Triangle. And now Vasily Ivanovich Lopotukhin, already a well-known scientist, is preparing for new expeditions, intending to investigate the mystery of Atlantis...
Cast
- Mikhail Pugovkin - Captain Wrongel
- Zurab Kapianidze - Assistant to Captain Lom
- Sergey Martinson - Sir Vant, bandit leader
- Vladimir Basov - Block Silent
- Savely Kramarov - Fierce Harry, agent-gangster
- Arkady Markin - Vasya Lopotukhin
- Ksenia Turchan - Katya Malakhova
- Rudolf Rudin - Seraphim Nazhdak, reporter
See also
Adventures of Captain Wrongel, a 1981 film