The Pirates of the Mississippi

Directed by Jürgen Roland
Produced by Wolf C. Hartwig[1]
Screenplay by
  • Werner P. Zibaso
  • Johannes Kai[1]
Music by Willi Mattes[1]
Cinematography Rolf Kästel[1]
Edited by Herbert Taschner[1]
Production
companies
  • Societé Nouvelle de Cinématographie (S.N.C.)
  • Produzione Gianni Fuchs
  • Rapid-Film GmbH[1]
Release date
  • 13 October 1965 (1965-10-13) (France)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Country
  • West Germany
  • France
  • Italy

The Pirates of the Mississippi (German: Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi) is a Western film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Hansjörg Felmy, Brad Harris and Sabine Sinjen.[2] A Eurowestern, it was a co-production between West Germany, France and Italy.[1] Based on the 1847 novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, the film was the first pairing of Brad Harris and Tony Kendall with Gianfranco Parolini as a second unit director. Kendall reprised his role of Chief Black Eagle in Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965).

Cast

Release

The Pirates of the Mississippi was released in France on 13 October 1965.[3] It passed German censors on 15 October 1963 and was released to television in West Germany on 22 June 1969.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. Pitts p.251
  3. "Die Flusspiraten des Mississ". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved 11 March 2018.

Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.
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