12 Paces Without a Head
# 12 Paces Without a Head

12 Paces Without a Head (German: Zwölf Meter ohne Kopf) is a 2009 film set in the North Sea in 1401. The film centers on the German folk hero Klaus Störtebeker, who was a pirate at the time. The title comes from a legend which asserts that when he was captured by the Hanseatic League, he struck a deal with his captors that every one of his men whom he could walk past after being decapitated, would be let go. Störtebeker's body allegedly managed to make twelve paces before collapsing.

## Cast

* Ronald Zehrfeld as Klaus Störtebeker
* Matthias Schweighöfer as Gottfried Michaelsen
* Oliver Bröcker [de] as Lupe
* Hinnerk Schönemann as Keule
* Jacob Matschenz as Nolle
* Franziska Wulf as Bille
* Jana Pallaske as Okka
* Devid Striesow as Simon of Utrecht
* Alexander Scheer as Herman Lange
* Milan Peschel as Nicolaus Schocke
* Detlev Buck as arms dealer
* Peter Kurth as Keno tom Brok
* Matthias Klimsa [de] as innkeeper
* Simon Gosejohann as Fokko Johannson
* Ferris MC as Beule
* Achim Reichel as hangman
* Kåre Johannessen as lord (credited as "Kore Johannessen")
