Der Herr der sieben Meere (1940)
66KDer Herr der sieben Meere: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp. Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.
“This textbook example of Hollywood derring-do from the Warner Bros. vaults features Errol Flynn at his most dashing and heroic, squaring off against the Spanish armada and winning the hand of beautiful noblewoman Brenda Marshall. It might appear stale by todayu0026#39;s high-tech action/adventure standards, but with a generous stock of swordplay, sea battles, romance, and heroism itu0026#39;s a formula that never fails to please, and one which movie makers have been trying to duplicate (with only mixed success) ever since.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFamiliar faces in the attractive cast include Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, the ubiquitous Alan Hale, Gilbert Roland, and Flora Robson, portraying Queen Elizabeth I only one year after the definitive Bette Davis performance in u0026#39;The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essexu0026#39;.”
