Pietro, the corsair
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Pietro, the corsair |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1925 |
| length | 107 minutes |
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| Director | Artur Robison |
| script | Artur Robison |
| production | Erich Pommer for UFA , Berlin |
| music | Giuseppe Becce (at the world premiere) |
| camera |
Fritz Arno Wagner George Schnéevoigt Rudolph Maté |
| occupation | |
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Pietro, the Corsair is a German feature film from 1925 directed by Artur Robison .
action
Pietro, the son of an oil trader on the Italian coast, would like to be a corsair . He constantly watches their fort on an offshore island. When a corsair raids his father's house, Pietro overwhelms him. The corsair can flee. From then on, Pietro and his family feared the corsairs' revenge. However, Salvatore, who owes his life to Pietro, takes him in with the corsairs. With these he must submit to their strict rules. Meanwhile, Salvatore rises to their leader. Salvatore is seriously injured while capturing a merchant ship. He is taken to a doctor's house. There he falls in love with his daughter Juana. He takes her to his fort. After a short time she made Salvatore a weakling. Their only interest is Pietro, hatred and distrust arise between Salvatore and Pietro. A knife fight should decide. Salvatore is shot dead by an invading mercenary and Juana stands between the gun and Pietro to atone for her guilt.
background
The literary model comes from Wilhelm Hegeler's novel Pietro the Corsair and the Jewess Cheirinca . Albin Grau was responsible for the buildings and the costumes . The film was produced by Universum-Film AG (UFA) Berlin. The shooting took place from August to October 1924 on the coast near Rome and in the open air area in Neubabelsberg. Decla-Bioscop-Verleih GmbH, Berlin took over the first rental. It had a length of 6 files at 2,677 meters, about 107 minutes. The premiere took place on February 19, 1925 in the UT Alexanderplatz Berlin. The post-censorship issued a youth ban on March 7, 1925 (B.10003).
criticism
The international critics found only few kind words for the film. In the New York Times , Mordaunt Hall wrote on January 7, 1927: “Sandwiched in between Chaplin's famous comedy, 'Easy Street', and three other ancient American films, there is at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse a tedious Ufa picture, known as' Peter the Pirate '. It is a story of sea robbers of the dim past, and the aggregation of players appear to be emulating a school of acting dating back to the Spanish Armada. Even Paul Richter, who gave such a distinguished performance in the film transcription of 'Siegfried', seems to have found his colleagues' art contagious. Mr. Richter is a pale-faced fighter with gymnastic shoes and a shirt always open at the collar. As Peter he longs for adventure and, of course, it comes his way. So he becomes associated with a band of ruddy villains, who try and make you think that they would just as soon cut a throat as gulp down a glass of wine. Actually these followers of the skull and crossbones look as if they had been shanghaied from a modern costume dance. This weak link in the chain of Ufa productions was directed by Arthur Robison, producer of the film version of 'Manon Lescaut'. "
Film rental
The film has been preserved and is available as a non-commercial loan from filmportal.de's film distribution.
Web links
- Pietro, the Corsair in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pietro, the corsair at filmportal.de