The Pirates of the Mississippi

For the country band, see Pirates of the Mississippi.
The Pirates of the Mississippi
Directed byJürgen Roland
Screenplay by
  • Werner P. Zibaso
  • Johannes Kai[1]
Produced byWolf C. Hartwig[1]
CinematographyRolf Kästel[1]
Edited byHerbert Taschner[1]
Music byWilli Mattes[1]
Production
companies
  • Societé Nouvelle de Cinématographie (S.N.C.)
  • Produzione Gianni Fuchs
  • Rapid-Film GmbH[1]
Distributed byGloria Film
Release date
  • 18 October 1963 (1963-10-18) (West Germany)
Running time
102 minutes[1]
Countries
  • 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).

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Johannes Ott.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi". Filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. ^ Pitts p.251