Peter the Pirate
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Peter the Pirate | |
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Directed by | Arthur Robison |
Written by | Arthur Robison |
Based on | Pietro der Korsar und die Jüdin Cheirinca 1925 novel by Wilhelm Hegeler[1] |
Produced by | Erich Pommer |
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Music by | Giuseppe Becce |
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Distributed by | UFA |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | Germany |
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Peter the Pirate (German: Pietro, der Korsar), also known in English as The Sea Wolves,[2] is a 1925 German silent historical adventure film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Paul Richter, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. It was based on the 1925 novel by Wilhelm Hegeler. Leni Riefenstahl was offered the role of female lead by producer Erich Pommer, but after doing a screen test she eventually turned it down.[3]
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albin Grau. The film premiered at the Union-Theater.
Plot summary
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Cast
[edit]- Paul Richter as Pietro
- Aud Egede-Nissen as Juana
- Rudolf Klein-Rogge as Salvatore, ein Korsarhauptmann
- Fritz Richard as Paulo, Pietros Vater
- Frida Richard as Guilia, Paulos Frau
- Walter von Allwoerden as Tomaso, Pietros Bruder
- Lilian Stevens as Nina
- Robert Garrison as Ruffio
- Jakob Tiedtke as Piombolo
- Georg John as Beppo
- Lydia Potechina as Marcella
- Edith Edwards
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.buchfreund.de/de/d/p/94311621/pietro-der-korsar-und-die-juedin-cheirinca-roman
- ^ IMDb: The Sea Wolves Linked 2014-06-26
- ^ Rother, p. 22.
Bibliography
[edit]- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
- Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.
- Rother, Rainer (2003). Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius. Translated by Bott, Martin H. London: Continuum International Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8264-7023-2.
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Categories:
- 1925 films
- German black-and-white films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- German silent feature films
- Films directed by Arthur Robison
- Films based on German novels
- Pirate films
- Films produced by Erich Pommer
- German historical adventure films
- 1920s historical adventure films
- UFA GmbH films
- Films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- Silent historical adventure films
- 1920s German films
- 1920s German-language films
- Films scored by Giuseppe Becce
- 1920s German film stubs
- Adventure film stubs