| GENERAL
DATA |
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| other
titles |
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The
Black Pirate
The Black Corsair
El Corsario Negro
Der schwarze Korsar
A Fekete Kalóz
Svarte Piratens Hämnd
Den sorte pirat
Cerný Korzár
Czarny Pirat
Czarny Korsarz
Le Corsaire Noir
De Zwarte Piraat
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| catch
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| release
category |
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big-screen-movie |
| genre |
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adventure/romance/swashbuckler |
| length |
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126 minutes
125 minutes (Italy, DVD)
120 minutes (Germany, DVD)
118 minutes (Spain, video)
114 minutes (France, DVD)
111 minutes (Germany, big screen release March 10, 1977)
105 minutes (many German
TV broadcasts)
94 minutes 10 seconds (Sweden, video) |
theatrical
release
certificate |
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India:
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Britain: unreleased
Italy: #69564, December 20, 1976
West Germany: 1977, FSK ab 12 Jahre
Finland: 1978, Turku, certificate K-12 |
| release
dates |
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Italy - December 22, 1976
• Austria - 1977
• West Germany - March 10, 1977
• Finland - February 3, 1978 (Turku) |
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| PRODUCTION |
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| country
of production |
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Italy |
| production |
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Rizzoli
Film s.p.a. |
| executive
producer |
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Luigi
Rovere |
| screenplay |
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Alberto
Silvestri, Sergio Sollima
based on Emilio Salgari's books Il corsaro nero and La regina
dei Caraibi
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| music |
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MUSIC: Guido
de Angelis, Maurizio de Angelis
LYRICS:
SINGERS:
TITLES - LP versions:
'Hombres del Mar'
(03:40)
'Arrembaggio' (02:20)
'Yara' (instrumental) (03:35)
'Tortuga' (03:10)
'Enrico e Onorata' (02:07)
'Hombres del Mar' (03:40)
'Festa Van Gould' (02:00)
'Yara' (03:30)
'Palazzo Van Gould' (00:53)
'Morte di Yara' (02:00)
total duration 26:55
TITLES - CD version:
'Hombres del Mar'
(03:42)
'Arrembaggio' (02:24)
'Yara' (instrumental) (03:38)
'Tortuga' (03:12)
'Enrico e Onorata' (02:09)
'Hombres del Mar' (03:40)
'Festa Van Gould' (02:03)
'Yara' (03:33)
'Palazzo Van Gould' (00:54)
'Morte di Yara' (02:01)
'Hombres del Mar'
(03:42) (original film version)
'Yara' (01:48)
'Hombres del Mar' (02:03) (instrumental)
'Il Corsaro Nero' (01:02)
'Hombres del Mar' (01:40)
'Hombres del Mar' (02:26) (instrumental)
'Yara' (01:25)
'Hombres del Mar' ((02:01)
'Tortuga' (03:12)
'Yara' (00:42)
'Hombres del Mar' ((01:41) (instrumental)
'Hombres del Mar' ((03:41) (alternate vocal version)
'Hombres del Mar' ((02:43) (instrumental)
'Hombres del Mar' ((03:04) (alternate vocal English version)
total duration 58:26 |
LP ITALY 1977 |
LP GERMANY 1977 |
CD ITALY 2005 |
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| costume
design |
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Mario
Carlini,
Dario Cecchi |
| choreography |
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| master
of arms |
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Franco
Fantasia |
| cinematography |
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Alberto
Spagnoli |
| sound |
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Roberto
Petrozzi |
| distribution |
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American
International Pictures (AIP) (USA) (dubbed)
Noshame Films s.r.l. (Italy) (under license of Gruppo Mediaset) |
| filming
location |
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Colombia,
South America |
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| DIRECTOR |
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Sergio
Sollima |
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| CAST |
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Carole
André (Honorata,
Duchessina Van Gould)
Mel Ferrer (Duke Van Gould)
Angelo Infanti (Morgan)
Sonja Jeannine (Yara)
Sal Borgese (Carnaux)
Franco Fantasia (Van Still)
Edoardo Faieta (as Eddie Fay) (L'Olonnais)
Jackie Basehart (Il Corsaro Rosso, brother)
Nicolò Piccolomini (Il Corsaro Verde, brother)
Guido Alberti (Governor of Ribeira)
Pietro Torrisi (Blanchot)
Lionello Pio Di Savoia
Mariano Rigillo
Tony Renis (José)
Dagmar Lassander (Marchesa di Bermejo) |
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| SUMMARY |
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| KABIR
BEDI DETAILS |
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| Kabir's
part |
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Kabir takes
the lead as Emilio di Roccabruna, Count of Ventimiglia, also
known as 'Il corsaro nero', the Black Pirate.
Pino Locchi is the Italian dubbing voice for Kabir. |
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showstopper |
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| KABIR
BEDI PICTURES |
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movie
picture galleries |
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broadcasts |
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want
to see Kabir in
it? check TV listings of Kabir's
work - current/archives |
| not
to be confused with |
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...a
host of other pirate stories, such as:
- Franco Giraldi's Il Corsaro (1983), starring Kabir's
co-star in SANDOKAN,
Philippe Leroy !
- Amleto Palermi's black and white movie Il Corsaro Nero (1937), with Ciro
Verratti
in the lead.
- Lorenzo Gicca Palli's comedy Il Corsaro Nero (1971),
a real swashbuckler starring Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
- Primo Zeglio's adventure movie Il Figlio Del Corsaro Nero (1958), with Lex
Barker - of Winnetou fame - in the lead. |
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| LINKS |
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| official
website |
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| video
trailers |
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| other
related links |
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• Unter
Piratenflagge - Piratennacht im Bayerischen Fernsehen |
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DVD Le Corsaire Noir (France)
released March 9, 2006
Seven 7/Rizzoli Film
audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD area code: 2
original-version
digitally remastered
French subtitles |
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2-DVD-set Pirates et Cinema: Le corsaire noir - book (48 pages) and
DVD (France)
released April 21, 2005
Seven 7/Rizzoli Film
audio format: Dolby Digital
DVD area code: 2 |
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DVD Il
Corsaro Nero (Italy)
released October 29 2005
Noshame Films s.r.l./Mondo Home Entertainment
audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD area code: 2
Italian
Italian subtitles |
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2-DVD-Set Der
schwarze Korsar (Germany)
released August 5, 2005
Koch Media Home Entertainment
audio format: Dolby Digital 2.0
DVD area code: 2
Italian/German
German subtitles |
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| INFORMATION -
QUICK BITS |
• Kabir says
the pirate ship used during the shooting was later destroyed
in a fire.
•
A 105-minute version of Il Corsaro Nero was
broadcast on December 31, 1982 by East Germany's
channel 2 television.
• Italian box office receipts for Il Corsaro Nero
in 1976/77 reached 500 million lire (about
US$
310,000). |
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| INFORMATION -
GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| INFORMATION -
PEOPLE |
• Kabir
Bedi travelled to the set in South
America with his girlfriend at the time, Indian movie
star Parveen
Babi. Kabir has
fond memories of their time together in a house on
the beach. Parveen Babi died in Bombay in January 2005.
• Pino Locchi is (again) the
Italian dubbing voice for Kabir.
He also dubbed Kabir in SANDOKAN (1976).
Also, Pino Locchi was the Italian dubbing voice for Kabir in
his films LA TIGRE E ANCORA VIVA.SANDOKAN
ALLA RISCOSSA! (1977), ASHANTI (1979), THE
THIEF OF BAGDAD (1978).
• As early as 1969, Czech actress Dagmar Lassander played
with Philippe Leroy, Kabir's co-star
in SANDOKAN. She
was the female lead in the controversial film Femina Ridens, in which Philippe
Leroy was the male lead as the sadistic
Dr. Sayer.
• In 1978, Dagmar Lassander played with Bud Spencer, Kabir's co-star
in NOI
SIAMO ANGELI, in Piedone l'Africano.
• Kabirs co-stars Tobias
Hoesl (IL RITORNO DI SANDOKAN), Dagmar
Lassander (IL CORSARO NERO)
and Philippe Leroy (SANDOKAN)
played together in Dino Risi's successful TV soap spoof ...e
la
vita
continua (1984).
• Tony Renis is a singer, songwriter and showmaster, who
became famous in 1962 with the smash hit Quando, Quando, Quando. His songs were
performed amongst others by Shirley Bassey, Vikki Carr, Mireille Matthieu,
Perry
Como and Placido Domingo, and were translated by Charles Aznavour.
• Sonja Jeannine was a stage actress in the 1970s, amongst
others in Austria, and has a part in Lockruf, an episode of the German police
series Tatort (1978).
• Sonja Jeannine starred in the western
Mannaja
(1977),
Kabir's co-star Philippe
Leroy starred, too.
• Rome-based actress Serena Verdirosi dubbed Carole
Andre's part in the Italian version. |
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