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Der Pirat
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Der Pirat

1998-02-06 · 106 min · ★ 8.5

Drama · TV Movie

Hamburg, end of the 1960s: occasional pothead Jan, also known as "the pirate", makes a career for himself in the local drug scene. He quickly becomes the "hash prince of Hamburg". But when he starts dealing heroin, he also draws his brother Ludwig into his dark business...

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Directors
Bernd Schadewald
Production companies
Manufactum Film- und Fernsehproduktion, ARTE, SRF, ORF
Countries
Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Status
Released

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Jürgen VogelJürgen VogelJan
Christiane PaulChristiane PaulMeike
Laura TonkeLaura TonkeSabine
Sebastian RudolphSebastian RudolphLudwig
Anna ThalbachAnna ThalbachElke
Peter LohmeyerPeter LohmeyerCramberg

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