''12 Paces Without a Head'' () is a 2009 film directed by Sven Taddicken. Set in the

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in 1401, the film centers on the

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folk hero

Klaus Störtebeker Klaus Störtebeker (also known as Klaas Störtebecker, Johann Störtebecker or Nikolaus Storzenbecher) (1360 – supposed 20 October 1401) was a German pirate. Reputed to be the leader of a group of privateers known as the Victual Brothe ...

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

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, 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.

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