Love under black sails

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Movie
German title Love under black sails
Original title Fortunes of Captain Blood
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1950
length 89 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Gordon Douglas
script Frank Burt
Michael Hogan
Robert Libott
production Harry Joe Brown
music Paul Sawtell
camera George E. Treble
cut Gene Havlick
occupation

Love under Black Sails is an American pirate film directed by Gordon Douglas from 1950 , based on the 1922 novel Peter Blut's Odyssey by Rafael Sabatini .

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Dr. Peter Blood is an Irish doctor who was arrested during the Monmouth Revolt for tending to a wounded Irish rebel. He is sold as a slave in the West Indies. He managed to escape and became the captain of the ship "Avenger". He and his sailors become feared pirates who prefer to board and plunder Spanish ships.

King Charles II of Spain instructs the Marquis de Riconete to catch the dreaded pirate so that the attacks on ships flying the Spanish flag stop. When Blood tries to replenish his supplies on a Spanish island, his men are betrayed by the slave trader Fairfax. The marquis tries to find out the whereabouts of their captain from the seamen by means of torture.

Blood disguises himself as a greengrocer to find and free his men. He meets Pepita Rosados, with whom he befriends. She tells him that many of Fairfax's slaves are terminally ill. Blood goes to Fairfax to force him to help. He learns that the slave trader is having problems with a niece of the Marquis, Isabelita Sotomayor.

Suspecting Fairfax of helping Blood, the Marquis secretly lets his men follow his niece to the slave trader's house. Isabelita tries to get Fairfax to sail with her to mainland Spain. After the conversation, the marquis's men attacked. Blood, still disguised as a greengrocer, can take the wounded Fairfax to a tavern and take care of him there. He promises Isabelita to take her to the mainland if she stands up for Fairfax with her uncle. Blood learns what the marquis's seal looks like and tries to forge it.

Blood tries to get his people out of the dungeon with a forged letter, but the fraud is recognized. However, Blood manages to escape with his men. The marquis does not want to give up trying to catch Blood. Isabelita learns that he wants to have the tavern owner tortured. She believes that Blood has already sailed and reveals his whereabouts to save the tavern owner the torture.

The incoming tide prevented Blood from settling. The marquis can put it at sea. In the battle that followed, the Marquis's ship was set on fire and was attempting to ram Blood's ship. Blood's men can destroy the enemy ship, however. After their victory, Blood and his men sail away, while Isabelita stays on the island and sets up a new government to end slavery.

Reviews

The lexicon of international film described the film as “a sea adventures joyful in combat, routinely staged; overall a weaker remake of Michael Curtiz "Under Pirate Flag" USA 1935. "

background

The world premiere took place on May 19, 1950. The film was first shown in Germany on March 15, 1951.

Sabatini's novel served as the basis for several films. As early as 1924 J. Warren Kerrigan played the pirate in a silent film. 1935 followed Captain Blood by Michael Curtiz , with the Errol Flynn a star was. Louis Hayward played the pirate again in 1952 in The Black Isabell ( Captain Pirate ) by Ralph Murphy. Another film adaptation followed in 1992, the Soviet-French production Odisseya Kapitana Blada by Andrei Prachenko with Yves Lambrecht in the title role.

The German émigré Curt Bois played his last Hollywood role here; immediately afterwards he returned home to Germany.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Love under black sails. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used