12 Paces Without a Head (2009)

Original title

12 Meter ohne Kopf

Directed by

Sven Taddicken

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, medieval film, pirate film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1401 on the North Sea, the German pirate Klaus Störtebeker is captured. He makes a deal that if his beheaded body can walk a certain distance, his crew goes free.

swashbucklinglightheartedhistoricdarkly comicfast-pacedadventurousquirky

What happens

12 Paces Without a Head (German: Zwölf Meter ohne Kopf) is a 2009 film directed by Sven Taddicken. Set in the North Sea in 1401, the film centers on the German folk hero Klaus Störtebeker, who was a pirate at the time. The title comes from a legend which asserts that when he was captured by the Hanseatic League, he struck a deal with his captors that every one of his men whom he could walk past after being decapitated, would be let go. Störtebeker's body allegedly managed to make twelve paces before collapsing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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