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The Son of the Red Corsair (1921)

The Son of the Red Corsair poster
Directed by
Vitale De Stefano
Genre
silent film, pirate film
Country
Italy
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The son of a famous pirate follows in his father's footsteps. He gets involved in adventures on the high seas and in exotic locations.

swashbucklingadventurousold-fashionedaction-drivendramaticbriskromanticizedstaged

What happens

The Son of the Red Corsair (Italian: Il figlio del Corsaro Rosso) is a 1921 Italian silent historical adventure film directed by Vitale De Stefano. It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel of the same title by Emilio Salgari. It was part of a series of Salgari adaptations by the Milan-based De Rosa Film. The story was subsequently remade as a sound film The Son of the Red Corsair in 1943. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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