The most unhinged pirate epic you've never heard of — British Empire optional, chest hair mandatory.
The pirate Sandokan, the Bengal tiger and the East India Company's terror, fighting the British Empire and the ondeskefulla James Brooke, rahjan of Sarawak.
Acting
Kabir Bedi's smolder could power a small island nation.
Score
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis doing FULL orchestra chaos.
Costume
Open shirts, tighter pants, zero historical accuracy.
Director
Sergio Sollima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was actually the SECOND Sandokan film Sollima made in 1977 — they shot back-to-back like a soap opera on ketamine.
Emilio Salgari's 1883 novels invented the 'noble pirate' trope decades before Hollywood; this is peak Italian TV-movie adaptation of that legacy, complete with budget that went entirely to Bedi's bronzer.
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