Take Care Of Women

Take Care Of Women (Ukrainan: Бережіть жінок; Russian: Берегите женщин) is a Soviet two-part art television color film, shot in 1981 by the Odessa Film Studio, directed by Alexander Polynnikov and Viktor Makarov. First shown on Central Television in October 1981.

Plot
The young trainee journalist Yevgeny Maslovsky is sent to the seaport in order to learn his profession in practice and write a report on work on ships. At the suggestion of the deputy head of the port for personnel, Aivazov, he was "introduced" into the crew of the tugboat "Cyclone" kokom.

It suddenly turns out that the entire crew of the ship consists of girls. The captain is absent and the young man is invited to come later. Sitting on the shore, Eugene thoughtfully plays marine songs on his guitar and thereby attracts the attention of a passing Komsomol activist Nazar Ostapenko. At the same time, Ostapenko himself is completely deprived of the ability to music, so his duet with Zhenya falls apart, not having time to form.

Returning to the tug, Eugene finally meets with the captain - the pretty blonde Lyuba, and begins to serve on the Cyclone - a rather shabby and battered vessel. The fact is that girls want to prove to parents their independence and willingness to serve in the civilian fleet. Parents, by contrast, are trying to show their daughters that this is not a woman’s business, and they are specially arranged for them to be assigned to an old tugboat that has exhausted its resource. According to parents, dirty and uninteresting work will soon bore their daughters and they themselves will refuse to continue their marine career. And in order to further poison the life of the crew, the head of the port warehouse, Uncle Vova, deliberately supplies only pasta to the Cyclone.

The girl crew of the Cyclone takes hostility the appearance of a man on the ship, perceiving him as a scout, as evidenced by the entries in the diary of freshly baked coca. Moreover, Zhenya is completely unable to cook. Before preparing pasta, he carefully washes them, and realizing that he has washed too much, he places them on the deck of the tugboat to dry. Monotonous and tasteless food completely spoils the crew’s relationship with the cook - very soon the girls announce a boycott and stop talking to him.

Cultural events in the port are in full swing. Shortly after Zhenya took shape on the Cyclone, the opening ceremony of the youth club takes place. The key position in the club’s programs is occupied by the Ninth Val amateur ensemble, which was organized by four young specialists of the ship repair plant - fitter 5th grade Vadim (manager) and engineers Kostik, Sergey and Slava Blinichkin. But immediately after the opening of the club, Ostapenko sends Blinichkin to continuing education courses. Because of this, the performance of the team at an important concert is in jeopardy. By chance meeting Zhenya, the musicians immediately become convinced of his ability to perform and offer him to join them. Due to the fact that Zhenya is unable to cope with his duties and cannot even really light a galley stove (while nearly blowing up the tugboat), Lyuba, as the direct head of Zhenya, strictly prohibits such activities. As a result, Ostapenko, having stepped onto the stage instead of the absent Blinichkin, completely overwhelms the performance of the ensemble.

The musicians are again forced to ask that Zhenya be released from work early for rehearsals. The captain responds with a proud refusal, especially since the next task from the port has arrived in tow. But at that very moment on the Cyclone the engine does not start, the intercom and some other little things fail. Since young people are the forefront of science and production, they will organize the necessary repairs on the spot, which immediately win the sympathies of ordinary crew members.

Gradually, Zhenya joins the ensemble team, which is also facilitated by the following event. Uncle Vova, having delivered another portion of pasta to the Cyclone, asks the “student” to help with the delivery of food to nearby vessels. Quickly realizing, Eugene fuses pasta to neighbors and gets at his disposal a diverse set of products intended for them. When Uncle Vova understands what happened, it is too late.

Having visited one of the performances of the Ninth Wave, all the girls (except the captain) gradually fall in love with musicians and young people begin to come to the Cyclone. But Lyuba does not allow for rehearsals of the ensemble at the Cyclone, especially since Zhenya is waiting for another embarrassment. Uncle Vova did not forget how the “student” walked around him on the bend and prepared a decent answer. During conversations, he palms Zhenya with hot cayenne pepper, recommending this simple seasoning as a rare and valuable ingredient. An unsuspecting cook flavors millet porridge with pepper and serves it to the wardroom. Speaking about cooking porridge, Eugene eats a large spoon of his dish and trails off half a word. Uncle Vova avenged.

At the next meeting of the Komsomol committee, the participants of the Ninth Wave conclude that service on the ship in such a state is completely unthinkable, especially for girls, and represent it to the chief engineer of the shipyard. The chief engineer does not want to engage in a project for the restoration of a life-threatening vessel, and young people have to find other ways.

At the Cyclone, everyone is getting ready for the captain’s birthday, but at the most solemn moment the holiday breaks down because of an article in the local newspaper, which Zhenya wrote on behalf of friends with the aim of organizing the repair of the tugboat (the girls were promised a new one). Moreover, Lyuba informs Zhenya that his practice in tow is over.

Due to an accidental collision on the street with a car, the driver of which is a woman, Kostik takes her to the port and with her gets into the office of the head of the port (Portoflot), which she is. Soon Vadim and Sergey join Kostya and together they seek a decision to restore the Cyclone. Since the overhaul of the tugboat is a surprise, nothing is communicated to the girls, and despondency reigns in their camp. Dressed in civilian clothes, they almost cry out of the tugboat ...

And the ironed Cyclone sways in the waves. In the process of repair and the immediate preparation of the tugboat for sailing, all young people somehow come into conflict with the fathers of their lovers, after which they all get to know each other. Eugene photographs everyone as a keepsake, and then tells Lyuba that he will be transferred to another ship. It’s clear from Luba’s eyes that she regrets it, but the director of the film leaves the viewer to finish the plot of this story himself. Under the song of Yuri Antonov "Life" the tugboat goes to sea.

Cast

 * Andrei Gradov - Zhenya (Evgeny Konstantinovich) Maslovsky, graduate student, future journalist, undergoes practical training in tow
 * Marina Shimanskaya - Lyuba, captain of the tugboat Cyclone
 * Svetlana Penkina - Olya, boatswain tugboat Cyclone, daughter of Uncle Vova, beloved Vadim
 * Galina Venevitinova - Valya, mechanic-motor-mechanic of the tugboat Cyclon, daughter of Igor Konstantinovich and Valeria Stepanovna, beloved Kostik (in the credits of Venivitinov)
 * Elena Tonunts - Galya, sailor and Komsomol team tugboat Cyclone, daughter Aivazova, beloved Sergei (in the credits Elena Kokalevskaya)
 * Yuri Zakharenkov - Vadim Ryabokon, Oli's lover, shipyard welder, ensemble leader and drummer Ninth shaft
 * Igor Sklyar - Kostik (Konstantin Opryatin), beloved Vali, engineer at a ship repair plant and bass player of the Ninth Val ensemble
 * Algis Arlauskas - Sergey Varnovsky, Gali's lover, shipyard engineer, bass player and ensemble keyboard player The Ninth Wave
 * Semyon Krupnik - Nikolai Nikolaevich, Lyuba's father
 * Yuri Medvedev - Uncle Vova (Vladimir Nikolaevich), Portflot food warehouse manager, father of Olya
 * Igor Efimov - Igor Konstantinovich, engineer at the shipyard, husband of Valeria Stepanovna, father of Vali
 * Elena Kozelkova - Valeria Stepanovna, Head of Portflot, wife of Igor Konstantovich, mother of Vali
 * Givi Tokhadze - Givi Maksimovich Aivazov, Deputy Head of Portflot, Gali's father (voiced by Leonid Kanevsky.)
 * Yuri Kuzmenko - Nazar Ostapenko, Portoflot Komsomol activist
 * V. Ivanov - Slava Blinichkin, former ensemble keyboard player The Ninth Wave from Albatross
 * Vitaly Lishchuk - Secretary of the Komsomol Committee (in the credits Vitaliy Leshchuk)