

The True Story of Pirates
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2022-12-31 • 0h 50m
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.
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.
- Directors
- Stéphane Bégoin
- Writters
- Stéphane Bégoin
- Editors
- Stéphane Bégoin, Gilles Perru

The True Story of Pirates
Visit website2022-12-31 • 0h 50m
7.8/10 • 13
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.
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.
- Directors
- Stéphane Bégoin
- Writters
- Stéphane Bégoin
- Editors
- Stéphane Bégoin, Gilles Perru
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJean Soulat
Self-Archeologist
Martin Mares
Self-Historian
Anna Flori-Lamour
Narrator
Philippe Hrodej
Self-Historian
Edward Mayhew
Curator - HMS Victory
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- Original Language
- French
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- Keywords
- excavationmadagascarpiratehistoricalarchaeologistarchaeological digarchaeological expeditionmauritiusindian oceanship wreckship wreckedunderwater archaeologyresearch scientisthistory and legacydocumentaryunderwater cemeteryresearch grouparchaeologysea pirateshistorical documentaryarchéologie