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1949 film by Edgar George Ulmer, Giuseppe Maria Scotese From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pirates of Capri (Italian: I pirati di Capri), released in the United Kingdom as The Masked Pirate, is a 1949 American-Italian international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward.[1][2] It was filmed on location in Italy.
The Pirates of Capri | |
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Directed by | Edgar G. Ulmer |
Written by | Sidney Alexander Giorgio Moser Golfiero Colonna |
Produced by | Victor Pahlen |
Starring | Louis Hayward |
Cinematography | Anchise Brizzi |
Edited by | Renzo Lucidi |
Music by | Nino Rota |
Distributed by | Film Classics |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Countries | United States Italy |
Language | English |
In Naples in 1798, foppish nobleman Count Amalfi (Louis Hayward), adviser to the Queen (Binnie Barnes), is secretly the heroic pirate Captain Sirocco, who leads a band of rebels to overthrow the aristocratic regime, dominated by villainous Police Chief Von Holstein (Massimo Serato).
In a contemporary review, The New York Times wrote "the thundering noise, confusion and blood-letting of revolution comes too late to offset the pompous and dull make-believe that dominates," concluding that "Stuffy and obvious are the adjectives that best describe "The Pirates of Capri;"[1] while more recently, TV Guide gave the film 2/4 stars, and wrote "Great action scenes and clever direction by Ulmer pull this one out of the doldrums."[3]
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