Peter the Pirate
Directed by	Arthur Robison
Written by	Arthur Robison
Based on	Pietro der Korsar und die Jüdin Cheirinca 1925 novel by Wilhelm Hegeler [1]
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Paul Richter Aud Egede-Nissen Rudolf Klein-Rogge Fritz Richard
Cinematography	Rudolph Maté George Schnéevoigt Fritz Arno Wagner
Music by	Giuseppe Becce
Production company	UFA
Distributed by	UFA
Release date	19 February 1925 (1925-02-19)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Peter the Pirate ( German: Pietro, der Korsar), also known in English as The Sea Wolves, ^[2] is a 1925 German silent historical adventure film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Paul Richter, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge. It was based on the 1925 novel by Wilhelm Hegeler. Leni Riefenstahl was offered the role of female lead by producer Erich Pommer, but after doing a screen test she eventually turned it down. ^[3]

It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Albin Grau. The film premiered at the Union-Theater.

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• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN  978-1-57181-655-9.
• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN  978-0-520-22069-0.
• Rother, Rainer (2003). Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius. Translated by Bott, Martin H. London: Continuum International Publishing. ISBN  978-0-8264-7023-2.

• Peter the Pirate at IMDb
• Peter the Pirate at AllMovie

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