El corsario negro (1944)
- Directed by
- Chano Urueta
- Genre
- pirate film
- Country
- Mexico
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A seventeenth-century pirate declares war on a cruel governor in Maracaibo. Along the way he falls in love and loses a childhood friend.
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What happens
El Corsario Negro ("The Black Corsair") is a 1944 Mexican film of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. It was directed by Chano Urueta and stars Pedro Armendariz, José Baviera, June Marlowe, and Maria Luisa Zea. The film is based on the 1898 adventure novel The Black Corsair by Emilio Salgari. It is the story of a seventeenth-century pirate (Pedro Armendariz) who declares a ceaseless war against the injustice of a cruel governor (José Baviera) of Maracaibo. In the course of his struggle, he finds the love of a beautiful maiden (June Marlowe), and loses his childhood friend (Maria Luisa Zea). The film was a major production that gained popularity with audiences in Mexico and Latin America, but received negative reviews from critics. It is in the public domain in both Mexico and the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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