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

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