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The Make Believe Pirates (1937)

The Make Believe Pirates poster
Original title
Allegri masnadieri
Directed by
Marco Elter
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people pretend to be pirates for fun in this Italian comedy. The film follows their humorous misadventures and mistaken identities.

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What happens

The Make Believe Pirates (Italian: Allegri masnadieri) is a 1937 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Marco Elter. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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