Zwölf Meter ohne Kopf is a 2009 film set in the Baltic

Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...

 in AD 1401. The film centers on the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 folk hero Klaus Störtebeker

Klaus Störtebeker

Nikolaus Storzenbecher, or Klaus Störtebeker , was a leader and the best known representative of a companionship of privateers known as the Victual Brothers...

, who was a pirate at the time. The title comes from the legend, which asserts that he was captured by the Hanseatic League

Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...

 and struck a deal with his captors, that if he could walk twelve paces after they decapitated him, they would let his men go.

Cast

• Ronald Zehrfeld as Klaus Störtebeker
  Klaus Störtebeker
  Nikolaus Storzenbecher, or Klaus Störtebeker , was a leader and the best known representative of a companionship of privateers known as the Victual Brothers...
  
  
• Matthias Schweighöfer
  Matthias Schweighöfer
  Matthias Schweighöfer is a German actor. He is sometimes credited as Matthias Schweighofer.Born in Anklam, East Germany, Schweighöfer attended the renowned acting school Hochschule für Schauspielkunst "Ernst Busch", but dropped out after one year...
  
   as Gottfried Michaelsen
  Gottfried Michaelsen
  Gödeke Michels , also known as Gottfried Michaelsen, was a German pirate and one of the leaders of the Likedeeler, a combination of former Vitalienbrüder....
  
  
• Oliver Bröcker as Lupe
• Hinnerk Schönemann as Keule
• Jacob Matschenz
  Jacob Matschenz
  Jacob Matschenz is a German actor. He is notable for film and television work including The Wave , 12 Paces Without a Head and The Sinking of the Laconia . He won the Adolf Grimme Award in 2008 for his appearance in An die Grenze.-Sources:*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0559326/...
  
   as Nolle
• Franziska Wulf as Bille
• Jana Pallaske
  Jana Pallaske
  Jana Pallaske is a German actress and singer in the rock band Spitting Off Tall Buildings.-Filmography:* Alaska.de , Sabine* Jeans , Nina* Engel & Joe , Joe* Baader , Karin...
  
   as Okka
• Devid Striesow
  Devid Striesow
  Devid Striesow is a German actor. He starred as "Sturmbannführer Herzog" in Stefan Ruzowitzky's 2007 film The Counterfeiters, which was awarded the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year.-External links:...
  
   as Simon of Utrecht
  Simon of Utrecht
  Simon of Utrecht was a warship captain of the Hanseatic League during the Middle Ages. He was probably born in Flanders, but emigrated to Hamburg, Germany, where he received citizenship in 1400...
  
  
• Alexander Scheer as Herman Lange
• Milan Peschel as Nicolaus Schocke
• Detlev Buck
  Detlev Buck
  Detlev Buck is a German film director and actor.-Life and work:From his first short film at the age of 21 in 1982, Erst die Arbeit und dann?, he has remained one of the most important filmmakers working in Germany...
  
   as Waffenhändler
• Peter Kurth as Keno Tom Brooke
• Matthias Klimsa as Wirt
• Simon Gosejohann
  Simon Gosejohann
  Simon Gosejohann is a German comedian, TV presenter and actor.In 2008, Gosejohann won the Deutscher Comedypreis in the category "Best Comedy Show" for his role in Elton vs. Simon. A year later, he picked up the Best Hidden Camera Award for his show Comedystreet.- External links :*...
  
   as Fokko Johannson
• Armin Sauer as Kaufmann
• Ferris M.C. as Beule
• Jörg Knebel as Wärter 2
• Sven Hönig as Landratte 1
• Achim Reichel
  Achim Reichel
  Achim Reichel is a musician, producer and songwriter from Hamburg, Germany. He is known for his 1991 single "Aloha Heja He", and serving as the frontman for the 1960s beat group The Rattles, who, among other achievements, were selected to open for The Beatles on the Fabs' last-ever tour of Europe...
  
  as Scharfrichter