The Pirates of Capri
The Pirates of Capri, released in the United Kingdom as The Masked Pirate, is a 1949 Italian/American international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward. 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).
More details
| author | Giorgio Moser Guido Fiorini |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Edgar George Ulmer Giuseppe Maria Scotese |
| editor | Renzo Lucidi |
| genre | adventure historical |
| keywords | police chief |
| musicBy | Nino Rota |
| producer | Victor Pahlen |
| publisher | Film Classics |
| theme | swashbuckler |