The True Story of Pirates
“Pirates! Hollywood has fueled our imaginations and turned them into popular icons. Beyond literature and fantasy the documentary reveals who these fearless adventurers and these masters of the sea once were.”
2022•PG-13•50m•7.8•Released
DocumentaryTV Movie
Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of international scholars paint a new portrait of the world of piracy in the Indian Ocean.
Director
Stéphane Bégoin
Writer
Stéphane Bégoin
Languages
Spanish, French, English
Studio
Gedeon Programmes
Cast
Jean Soulat
Self-Archeologist
Martin Mares
Self-Historian
Anna Flori-Lamour
Narrator
Philippe Hrodej
Self-Historian
Edward Mayhew
Curator - HMS Victory
Production
Company
Gedeon Programmes
Company
ARTE
Company
CuriosityStream
Producer
Valérie Guérin
Producer
Stéphane Millière
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