Der Pirat

Der Pirat

1998 · 106 min · ★ 8.5 · Drama, TV Movie

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...

Directed by Bernd Schadewald · Written by Stefan Aust

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