---
title: 'Pirates (1986)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roman Polanski'
released: '1986-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 124
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Tunisia'
  - 'France'
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pirates-1986'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091757/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pirates (1986)

1986 · 124 min · Adventure · Tunisia, France, Poland


## Synopsis

Pirates is a 1986 adventure comedy film written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn and Roman Polanski, and directed by Polanski. It was inspired by Polanski's love of classic pirate films, as well as Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Polanski began planning the film in 1976 as a follow-up to Chinatown, but production was delayed several times due to lack of funding and Polanski's fleeing the United States to avoid sentencing for his confessed rape of a minor.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roman Polanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-polanski)
- **Screenplay:** [Roman Polanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-polanski), [Gérard Brach](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-brach)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philippe Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-sarde)
- **Producer:** [Tarak Ben Ammar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tarak-ben-ammar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Witold Sobociński](https://cinepixo.com/people/witold-sobocinski)
- **Editor:** [Hervé de Luze](https://cinepixo.com/people/herve-de-luze)

## Cast

- [Walter Matthau](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-matthau)
- [Daniel Emilfork](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-emilfork)
- [Emilio Fernández](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-fernandez)
- [Anthony Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dawson)
- [Ferdy Mayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdy-mayne)
- [Charlotte Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-lewis)
- [Jacques Maury](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-maury-2)
- [Sydney Bromley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-bromley)
- [David Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-kelly)
- [Damien Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-thomas)
- [Roy Kinnear](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-kinnear)
- [Cris Campion](https://cinepixo.com/people/cris-campion)
- [Michael Elphick](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-elphick)
- [Roger Ashton-Griffiths](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-ashton-griffiths)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pirates-1986
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