
Der Pirat
1998-02-06 · 106 min · ★ 8.5
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
Top Cast
Jürgen VogelJan
Christiane PaulMeike
Laura TonkeSabine
Sebastian RudolphLudwig
Anna ThalbachElke
Peter LohmeyerCrambergTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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