Pirates of Malaya

Not to be confused with Pirates of Malaysia.

Pirates of Malaya (Italian: I pirati della Malesia) is a 1941 Italian historical adventure film directed by Enrico Guazzoni and starring Massimo Girotti, Clara Calamai and Camillo Pilotto.

Pirates of Malaya
Italian	I pirati della Malesia
Directed by	Enrico Guazzoni
Written by	Andrea Di Robilant Mino Doletti Gianni Franciolini
Based on	The Pirates of Malaysia by Emilio Salgari
Produced by	Andrea Di Robilant
Starring	Massimo Girotti Clara Calamai Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography	Carlo Montuori Domenico Scala
Edited by	Duilio A. Lucarelli
Music by	Umberto Gelassi Raffaele Gervasio
Production company	Sol Film
Distributed by	Generalcine
Release date	19 October 1941 (1941-10-19)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

It is based on Emilio Salgari's 1896 novel The Pirates of Malaysia. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome back to back with The Two Tigers, of which it is the sequel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfredo Montori. The same novel was later adapted by Umberto Lenzi for the 1964 film Pirates of Malaysia.^[1][2]

Cast

• Massimo Girotti as Tremal-Naik
• Clara Calamai as Ada
• Camillo Pilotto as Kammamuri
• Luigi Pavese as Sandokan
• Sandro Ruffini as Janez
• Greta Gonda as Baroness van Zeeland
• Nino Pavese as Lord Brooke
• Anita Farra as La taverniera
• Cesare Fantoni as Sujodana
• Enzo Gerio as Aghur
• Zara Lammarì as La danzatrice indiana
• Carlo Ludovici as Hassim
• Oreste Onorato as Sambigliong
• Aldo Pini as Namur
• Valeria Roberti as Melahia
• Otello Toso as Il tenente Schmidt

See also

• Sandokan