King of the privateers

Movie
German title	King of the privateers
Original title	The Buccaneer
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1958
length	114 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Anthony Quinn
script	Harold Lamb Jesse Lasky junior Jeanie Macpherson
production	Henry Wilcoxon Cecil B. DeMille
music	Elmer Bernstein
camera	Loyal Griggs
cut	Archie Marshek
occupation
Yul Brynner : Jean Laffite Claire Bloom : Bonnie Brown Charles Boyer : Dominique You Inger Stevens : Annette Claiborne Henry Hull : Ezra Peavey EG Marshall : William Claiborne Charlton Heston : Andrew Jackson Lorne Greene : Mercier Douglass Dumbrille : Collector of the Port Ted de Corsia : Capt. Rumbo Robert F. Simon : Capt. Brown John Dierkes : Deacon Ken Miller : Sentry George Mathews : Pyke Leslie Bradley : Capt. McWilliams Steven Marlo : Beluche

King of the Buccaneers is an American pirate film directed by Anthony Quinn in 1958. At the 1959 Academy Awards , the film was nominated in the " Best Costume Design " category. Quinn's only directorial work is a remake of The Buccaneer of Louisiana from 1938.

action

The pirate Jean Laffite rules a small island in the Mississippi estuary off New Orleans. Towards the end of the British-American War , Great Britain sends ships to attack the port city. The American general Andrew Jackson wants to station his soldiers on Lafitte's island in order to be able to better defend the city. The inhabitants of the small island, however, sympathize with the British and want to ally with them. The situation is exacerbated as Lafitte is American at heart and has fallen in love with Annette, daughter of the governor of Louisiana, William Claiborne.

background

Cecil B. DeMille was to shoot a remake of his own film The Buccaneers of Louisiana with King of the Buccaneers . Since DeMille's health had deteriorated significantly, he handed over the direction of his then son-in-law Anthony Quinn , who had played the role of "Beluche" in 1938. The premiere of the film took place on December 1st, 1958, DeMille died only a few weeks later in January 1959. In the original version he speaks a short 2 minute introduction to the film, in which he explains the historical situation in front of a wall map.

Reviews

Cinema magazine described the film as "often dramatically awkward and sentimental". The lexicon of international film judged: “Broadly played, with little tension. The sense of unusual color effects deserves attention. "

Nominations

Ralph Jester , Edith Head and John Jensen were nominated in 1959 for the " Oscar for Best Costume Design ".

Web links

• The Buccaneer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• King of the privateers in the lexicon of international films

Individual evidence

1. ↑ King of the buccaneers on cinema.de, accessed on January 8, 2012.
2. ^ King of the Buccaneers in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on January 8, 2012.