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The True Story of Pirates

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.

7.8(16)

50m

2022

Released

fr

Documentary TV Movie

Overview

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.

Release Date

December 31, 2022

Production

Gedeon Programmes, ARTE

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Cast

5 people

Jean Soulat

Jean Soulat

Jean Soulat

Self-Archeologist

Acting

Martin Mares

Martin Mares

Martin Mares

Self-Historian

Acting

Anna Flori-Lamour

Anna Flori-Lamour

Anna Flori-Lamour

Narrator

Acting

Philippe Hrodej

Philippe Hrodej

Philippe Hrodej

Self-Historian

Acting

Edward Mayhew

Edward Mayhew

Edward Mayhew

Curator - HMS Victory

Acting

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