# Peter the Pirate > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_the_Pirate > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_the_Pirate.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_the_Pirate > Source revision: 1341606652 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1925 film Peter the Pirate 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 Starring Paul Richter Aud Egede-Nissen Rudolf Klein-Rogge Fritz Richard Cinematography Rudolph Maté George Schnéevoigt Fritz Arno Wagner Music by Giuseppe Becce Production company UFA Distributed by UFA Release date 19 February 1925 (1925-02-19) Running time 60 minutes Country Germany Languages Silent German intertitles ***Peter the Pirate*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Pietro, der Korsar***), also known in English as ***The Sea Wolves***,[2] is a 1925 [German](/source/Cinema_of_Germany) [silent](/source/Silent_film) [historical](/source/Historical_film) [adventure film](/source/Adventure_film) directed by [Arthur Robison](/source/Arthur_Robison) and starring [Paul Richter](/source/Paul_Richter), [Aud Egede-Nissen](/source/Aud_Egede-Nissen), and [Rudolf Klein-Rogge](/source/Rudolf_Klein-Rogge). It was based on the 1925 novel by [Wilhelm Hegeler](/source/Wilhelm_Hegeler). [Leni Riefenstahl](/source/Leni_Riefenstahl) was offered the role of female lead by producer [Erich Pommer](/source/Erich_Pommer), but after doing a [screen test](/source/Screen_test) she turned it down.[3] It was shot at the [Babelsberg Studios](/source/Babelsberg_Studios) in [Berlin](/source/Berlin). The film's sets were designed by [art director](/source/Art_director) [Albin Grau](/source/Albin_Grau). The film premiered at the [Union-Theater](/source/Union-Theater). ## Plot summary This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (April 2023) ## Cast - [Paul Richter](/source/Paul_Richter) as Pietro - [Aud Egede-Nissen](/source/Aud_Egede-Nissen) as Juana - [Rudolf Klein-Rogge](/source/Rudolf_Klein-Rogge) as Salvatore, ein Korsarhauptmann - [Fritz Richard](/source/Fritz_Richard) as Paulo, Pietros Vater - [Frida Richard](/source/Frida_Richard) as Guilia, Paulos Frau - Walter von Allwoerden as Tomaso, Pietros Bruder - Lilian Stevens as Nina - [Robert Garrison](/source/Robert_Garrison_(actor)) as Ruffio - [Jakob Tiedtke](/source/Jakob_Tiedtke) as Piombolo - [Georg John](/source/Georg_John) as Beppo - [Lydia Potechina](/source/Lydia_Potechina) as Marcella - Edith Edwards ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Pietro der Korsar und die Jüdin Cheirinca. Roman. Wilhelm Hegeler"](https://www.buchfreund.de/de/d/p/94311621/pietro-der-korsar-und-die-juedin-cheirinca-roman). *www.buchfreund.de*. Retrieved 24 March 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [IMDb: *The Sea Wolves*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016223/combined) Linked 2014-06-26 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERother22_3-0)** [Rother](#CITEREFRother), p. 22. ## Bibliography - [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York: Berghahn Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-57181-655-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-520-22069-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-22069-0). - Rother, Rainer (2003). *Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius*. Translated by Bott, Martin H. London: Continuum International Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8264-7023-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8264-7023-2). ## External links - [*Peter the Pirate*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016223/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Arthur Robison A Night of Horror (1916) Between Evening and Morning (1923) Warning Shadows (1923) Peter the Pirate (1925) Manon Lescaut (1926) The Last Waltz (1927) Looping the Loop (1928) The Informer (1929) Soyons gais (1930) Le père célibataire (1931) The Murder Trial of Mary Dugan (1931) Jenny Lind (1932) When She's Pretty (1932) Tambour battant (1933) Young Dessau's Great Love (1933) Count Woronzeff (1934) Les époux célibataires (1935) The Secret of Woronzeff (1935) Make Me Happy (1935) The Student of Prague (1935) This article related to a German silent adventure film of the 1920s is a stub. 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