The Pirates of Capri
1949 | 94m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Edgar G. Ulmer, Giuseppe Maria Scotese |
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| Writer: | Giorgio Moser, Golfiero Colonna, Bruno Valeri, Sidney Alexander |
| Staring: |
| A group of men calling themselves 'The Pirates of Capri", headed by Captain Sirroco, who is really Count Amalfi, are trying to restore freedom to the people of Naples. The Queen is advised of the pirate's assault of a member of her court and she seeks to escape to Palermo. But, she is advised it would be good politics for her to attend a ball Amalfi is giving for his fiancée, Mercedes, who is unaware of the dual role Amalfi is playing. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 1949 |
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| Director: | Edgar G. Ulmer, Giuseppe Maria Scotese |
| Writer: | Giorgio Moser, Golfiero Colonna, Bruno Valeri, Sidney Alexander |
| Genres: | Adventure |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Industrie Cinematografice Sociali (ICS), AFA |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Louis Hayward | Count Amalfi |
| Binnie Barnes | Queen Maria Carolina |
| Mariella Lotti | Mercedes Villalta Lopez |
| Massimo Serato | Baron Holstein |
| Alan Curtis | Commodore Van Diel |
| Mikhail Rasumny | Pepino |
| Virginia Belmont | Annette |
| Franca Marzi | Carla |
| William Tubbs | Pignatelli |
| Alberto Califano | Officer |
| Mario Auritano | Officer |
| Eric Culton | Officer |
| Michel Sorel | Nicolo |
| Tony Morena | Zia Anastasia (Uncredited) |
| Arianne Ulmer | 11 Year Old Girl (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edgar G. Ulmer | Director |
| Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Giuseppe Maria Scotese | Director |
| Renzo Lucidi | Editor |
| Giorgio Moser | Adaptation, Assistant Director, Original Story |
| Golfiero Colonna | Adaptation, Assistant Director, Original Story |
| Bruno Valeri | Adaptation, Original Story |
| Sidney Alexander | Screenplay |
| Anchise Brizzi | Director of Photography |
| Guido Fiorini | Art Direction |
| Maria Baroni | Costume Design |
| Dario Cecchi | Costume Design |
| Guglielmo Bonotti | Makeup Artist |
| Valentino Bruchi | Assistant Director |
| Vittorio Trentino | Sound |
| Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Shirley Ulmer | Script Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Victor Pahlen | Producer |
| Niccolò Theodoli | Executive Producer |
| Rudolph Monter | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Louis Hayward is at his foppish best in this somewhat derivative swashbuckler as the "Count de Amalfi" (alias "Scirocco") who plays the buffoon at the Neapolitan court of the well meaning, but feeble Queen "Maria Carolina" (Binnie Barnes) who is pretty much under the thumb of her minister "Baron Hol ... stein" (Rudolph Serato) and his savage regime. This isn't just your usual "Zorro" style story, though - the "Scirocco" wants change - he is working with his fellow freedom fighters, but he wants as peaceful transition as possible and that's his challenge... The rest of this is all pretty set-piece, Hawyard is the star with little around him to eclipse his status. Plenty of sword fighting and intrigue does keep it going, though, and although you have certainly seen it all before (and better with Douglas Fairbanks or Errol Flynn), Hayward still makes a decent fist of it - it looks stylish enough, and I quite enjoyed it all.