Der Pirat
1998, German. Directed by Bernd Schadewald.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 6 February 1998
- Country
- Germany, Austria, Switzerland
- Written by
- Jürgen Dünnwald, Stefan Aust
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Der Pirat runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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Der Pirat isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 February 1998. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Der Pirat?
Der Pirat (1998) was directed by Bernd Schadewald and stars Jürgen Vogel, Christiane Paul, Laura Tonke.