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Peter the Pirate

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Peter the Pirate
Directed byArthur Robison
Written byArthur Robison
Based onPietro der Korsar und die Jüdin Cheirinca
1925 novel
by Wilhelm Hegeler[1]
Produced byErich Pommer
Starring
Cinematography
Music byGiuseppe Becce
Production
company
Distributed byUFA
Release date
  • 19 February 1925 (1925-02-19)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryGermany
Languages

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 turned it down.[3]

It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by art director Albin Grau. The film premiered at the Union-Theater.

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  • 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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