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 |
| Sound | Paul Rabiger | 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 |
