The Barbary Corsairs

The Barbary Corsairs (2015)


  • Genre: Documentary, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2015-10-31
  • User Rating: 7.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 51min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Taglicht Media
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Robert Schotter
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Summary

In the 18th century, the Barbary threat became serious. In July 1785, two American boats were returned to Algiers; In the winter of 1793, eleven American ships, their crews in chains, were in the hands of the dey of Algiers. To ensure the freedom of movement of its commercial fleet, the United States was obliged to conclude treaties with the main Barbary states, paying considerable sums of money as a guarantee of non-aggression. With Morocco, treaty of 1786, 30,000 dollars; Tripoli, November 4, 1796, $56,000; Tunis, August 1797, 107,000 dollars. But the most expensive and the most humiliating was with the dey of Algiers, on September 5, 1795, “treaty of peace and friendship” which cost nearly a million dollars (including 525,000 in ransom for freed American slaves). , with an obligation to pay 20,000 dollars upon the arrival of each new consul and 17,000 dollars in annual gifts to senior Algerian officials...

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  • Manou Lubowski

    as Stephen Decatur
  • Alexander von der Groeben

    as Hark Olufs (old)
  • Timur Bartels

    as Hark Olufs (young)
  • Leon Boden

    as Narrator (voice)
Directing Robert Schotter Director
Writing Christoph Weinert Writer
Writing Robert Schotter Writer
Directing Sandra Papadopoulos Assistant Director
Camera Michael Kern Director of Photography
Camera Jörg Adams Director of Photography
Sound Armin Siegwarth Sound
Sound Manuel Ernst Sound
Lighting Guenter Berghaus Gaffer
Lighting Patrick Touffexis Gaffer
Art Dennis Duis Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up Julia Hahn Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Claus Grüßner Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Tanja Holznagel Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Freya von Hase Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Anneliese Pulst Costume Designer
Editing Claudia Spoden Editor
Sound Alexander Weuffen Sound Designer
Sound Paul Räbiger Original Music Composer
Art Kerstin Barenbrock Graphic Designer
Editing Holger Hessinger Color Grading
Production Isabel Günther Unit Manager
Production Bernd Wilting Producer
Production Uli Veith Producer
Production Rina Ringl Production Manager
Production Anja Klisch Production Manager
Production Cora Szielasko Production Manager
Crew Bernhard Von Dadelsen Commissioning Editor
Crew Peter Allenbacher Commissioning Editor
Crew Martina Müller Editorial Staff

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