Peter the Pirate

{{short description|1925 film}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Peter the Pirate | image = Matejko, Pietro, der Korsar, 1925.jpg | caption = | director = [[Arthur Robison]] | producer = [[Erich Pommer]] | based_on = {{based on|''Pietro der Korsar und die Jüdin Cheirinca''<br>1925 novel|[[Wilhelm Hegeler]]}}<ref>{{Cite web | title=Pietro der Korsar und die Jüdin Cheirinca. Roman. Wilhelm Hegeler | url=https://www.buchfreund.de/de/d/p/94311621/pietro-der-korsar-und-die-juedin-cheirinca-roman | access-date=2025-03-24 | website=www.buchfreund.de}}</ref> | writer = Arthur Robison | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Paul Richter]]|[[Aud Egede-Nissen]]|[[Rudolf Klein-Rogge]]|[[Fritz Richard]]}} | music = [[Giuseppe Becce]] | editing = | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Rudolph Maté]]|[[George Schnéevoigt]]|[[Fritz Arno Wagner]]}} | studio = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] | distributor = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] | released = {{film date|1925|2|19|df=y}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = Germany | language = {{ubl|[[Silent film|Silent]]|[[German language|German]] intertitles}} | budget = | gross = }} '''''Peter the Pirate''''' ({{langx|de|'''Pietro, der Korsar'''}}), also known in English as '''''The Sea Wolves''''',<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016223/combined IMDb: ''The Sea Wolves''] Linked 2014-06-26</ref> is a 1925 [[Cinema of Germany|German]] [[silent film|silent]] [[historical film|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.{{sfn|Rother|p=22}}

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]].

==Plot summary== {{Expand section|date=April 2023}}

==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[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 (actor)|Robert Garrison]] as Ruffio * [[Jakob Tiedtke]] as Piombolo * [[Georg John]] as Beppo * [[Lydia Potechina]] as Marcella * Edith Edwards }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }} * {{cite book | last = Kreimeier | first = Klaus | title = The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945 | publisher = University of California Press | year = 1999 | location = Berkeley | isbn = 978-0-520-22069-0 }} * {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Rother}} | last = Rother | first = Rainer | translator-last = Bott | translator-first = Martin H. | title = Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius | publisher = Continuum International Publishing | year = 2003 | location = London | isbn = 978-0-8264-7023-2 }}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0016223}}

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