PIRATES & SLAVES

PIRATES & SLAVES - BIG BUSINESS IN THE MED

By Danielle PROSKAR

URBAN CANYONS LIMITED - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2024

Sensational Discovery of a 16th Century shipwreck outside Malta

    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Drama, Historical
    • Countries
    • AUSTRIA, MALTA
    • Languages
    • GERMAN, ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0.3 - 0.6 M$
    • Duration
    • 52 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Danielle PROSKAR
    • Writer(s)
    • Danielle PROSKAR
    • Producer(s)
    • Sebastian PEITER (Urban Canyons), Markus PAUSER (e&a Film)
    • Synopsis
    • The drama documentary produced by e&a Film and Urban Canyons for ORF, Arte and ORF Enterprises is based on the latest discovery of a 16th Century sailing ship found close to Malta by an underwater research team led by maritime archaeologist Timmy Gambin.

      The high-end history productions features Maltese, French and Austrian historians, combined with cinematic, historic locations, and dramatic re-enactments of the real life adventures of a Baltic sailor caught up in the Mediterranean slave trade.

      Distributed worldwide by ORF Enterprises