The Pirates of Capri
- December 25, 1949 (1949-12-25) (U.S.)
Italy
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.
Plot
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).
Cast
- Louis Hayward as Count Amalfi/Captain Sirocco
- Binnie Barnes as Queen Carolina
- Alan Curtis as Commodore Van Diel
- Massimo Serato as Von Holstein
- Mariella Lotti as Countess Mercedes
- Mikhail Rasumny as Pepino
- Virginia Belmont as Annette
- Franca Marzi as Carla
- William Tubbs as Pignatelli
Critical reception
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]
References
External links
- I pirati di Capri at IMDb
- The Pirates of Capri at AllMovie
- The Pirates of Capri at the TCM Movie Database
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