CinemaOSMovie · 2022 · 0h 50m · PG-13

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.

78%(16)IMDbDocumentaryTV 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.

Directed byStéphane Bégoin

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 50m
Language
FR
Released
December 31, 2022
Studios
Gedeon ProgrammesARTECuriosityStream

Featuring

Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Jean Soulat

Jean Soulat

Self-Archeologist

Martin Mares

Martin Mares

Self-Historian

Anna Flori-Lamour

Anna Flori-Lamour

Narrator

Philippe Hrodej

Philippe Hrodej

Self-Historian

Edward Mayhew

Edward Mayhew

Curator - HMS Victory

Creative team
Directed by
Stéphane Bégoin
Written by
Stéphane Bégoin
Produced by
Valérie Guérin
Stéphane Millière
Stéphane Millière

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