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Cast
Manou Lubowski | As: Stephen Decatur | |
Alexander von der Groeben | As: Hark Olufs (old) | |
Timur Bartels | As: Hark Olufs (young) | |
Leon Boden | As: Narrator (voice) |
Storyline
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...
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Cast
Manou Lubowski |
Stephen Decatur |
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Alexander von der Groeben |
Hark Olufs (old) |
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Timur Bartels |
Hark Olufs (young) |
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Leon Boden |
Narrator (voice) |
Directed By
Robert Schotter |
Director |
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Sandra Papadopoulos |
Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Robert Schotter |
Writer |
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Christoph Weinert |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Anja Klisch |
Production Manager |
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Rina Ringl |
Production Manager |
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Cora Szielasko |
Production Manager |
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Isabel Günther |
Unit Manager |
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Bernd Wilting |
Producer |
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Uli Veith |
Producer |
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Edited By
Holger Hessinger |
Color Grading |
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Claudia Spoden |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Anneliese Pulst |
Costume Designer |
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Julia Hahn |
Makeup Artist |
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Claus Grüßner |
Makeup Artist |
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Freya von Hase |
Costume Designer |
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Tanja Holznagel |
Makeup Artist |
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Sound
Paul Räbiger |
Original Music Composer |
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Alexander Weuffen |
Sound Designer |
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Manuel Ernst |
Sound |
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Armin Siegwarth |
Sound |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Michael Kern |
Director of Photography |
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Jörg Adams |
Director of Photography |
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Lighting
Patrick Touffexis |
Gaffer |
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Guenter Berghaus |
Gaffer |
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Art Department
Dennis Duis |
Set Designer |
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Kerstin Barenbrock |
Graphic Designer |
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Other Crew
Bernhard Von Dadelsen |
Commissioning Editor |
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Martina Müller |
Editorial Staff |
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Peter Allenbacher |
Commissioning Editor |
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