The Barbary Corsairs (2015)
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...
Director: Robert Schotter
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Manou Lubowski as Stephen Decatur |
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Alexander von der Groeben as Hark Olufs (old) |
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Timur Bartels as Hark Olufs (young) |
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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 Rabiger | 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 |
