12 Paces without a Head

12 Paces without a Head (2009)

Comedy

The era of the feared sea pirates Klaus Störtebeker and Gödeke Michels is coming to an end. After a long period with no booty at last a bulging ship appears on the horizon. However, Störtebeker is badly wounded in the attempted capture and the pirates suffer ignominious defeat. Not only their ship is down the drain - Störtebeker himself is suddenly plagued by anxiety and doubt about his very existence as a pirate. He is drawn to the beautiful country girl Bille, while Michels gets rebuffed by the friesian princess Okka. In the very moment that the crew have mutinied and co-captain Michels is literally at the end of his tether, they discover on board their ramshackle old tub a most unique wonder weapon. Glory days are quickly revived - until the mighty Hanse consolidate their power and weaponry and go to war against the pirates. Störtebeker and Michels are forced to decide: To live as a farmer or to die as a pirate.

Director: Sven Taddicken

Casts

	Ronald Zehrfeld as Klaus Störtebeker
	Matthias Schweighöfer as Gödeke Michels
	Franziska Wulf as Bille
	Oliver Bröcker as Lupe
	Hinnerk Schönemann as Keule
	Jacob Matschenz as Nolle
	Sascha Reimann as Beule
	Jana Pallaske as Okka
	Devid Striesow as Simon von Utrecht
	Detlev Buck as Waffenhändler
	Thomas Neumann as Pfeffersack
	Peter Kurth as Keno Tom Brooke
	Alexander Scheer as Hermann Lange
	Milan Peschel as Nikolaus Schocke
	Achim Reichel as Henker Rosenfeld
	Simon Gosejohann as Fokko Johannson
	Martin Klempnow as Landratte in der Kneipe
	Sven Hönig as Landratte in der Kneipe
	Falk Rockstroh as Pfeffersack
	Godehard Giese as Kaufmann im Fass

Crew