Le Capitaine Et Ses Pirates

Synopsis

Imagine you are the captain of a container ship: you get hijacked by Somalia pirates. After the shipping company and the German army seem to have abandoned the ship, the captain takes things in his own hands. He will do anything in order to save his crew and himself. He decides to approach the opponent. His only hope is to work alongside the pirates, even when his crew turns against him. The pirate leader becomes then his only confidant.

Movie Cast

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1) Leipzig DOK Festival 2012 Winner Prize of the Youth Jury of the Andreas Wolff ; 2) Max Ophüls Festival 2013 Winner Award of the DEFA Foundation of the Andreas Wolff, Brockhaus / Wolff ; 3) Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest) 2013 Winner Documentary Talent Award of the Andreas Wolff (The captain has lost everything, because he resorted to the most extreme measures to save those who... More) ; 4) Zagreb Film Festival 2013 Winner The Golden Pram of the Best Documentary Film Andreas Wolff (director)

1) Prague One World Film Festival 2013 Nominee Vaclav Havel special Award as the Andreas Wolff ; 2) Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2013 Nominee Audience Award as the Best Foreign Documentary Andreas Wolff