A pirate's daughter raised by Gypsies? The 1950s swashbuckler they don't teach you about.
Collected at the age of two, under extreme conditions, by a company of Gypsies, Jolly grew up among them, together with the man who accompanied her.
Costume
May Britt's pirate queen looks absolutely unhinged.
Cinematography
Soldati shoots Sicily like a fever dream.
Director
Mario Soldati
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
May Britt was discovered by Carlo Ponti and married Sammy Davis Jr. in 1960, causing a Hollywood scandal that temporarily derailed both careers.
Soldati adapted Emilio Salgari's novel, part of Italy's nationalist pirate mythology that Mussolini's regime actively promoted—making this oddly political escapism.
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