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Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune (2016) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 1, 2016

Original Title:
Les aventures de Robert Fortune ou comment le thé fut vole aux Chinois

Alternate Titles:
Die Abenteuer des Robert Fortune - Wie ein Mann den Chinesen ihren Tee klaute
La guerre du thé - Comment le thé fut volé aux Chinois ?
Les aventures de Robert Fortune - Ou comment le thé fut volé aux Chinois
Tea War
Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune
Ο πόλεμος του τσαγιού

Genres:
Documentary | History | TV Movie

Production Companies:
ANGOA
ARTE
CNC
La Compagnie des Taxis-Brousse
Lucky You
PROCIREP
RSI
YouKu
Yuan Ying

Production Countries:
China | Czech Republic | France | Germany | Poland | Slovenia | Switzerland

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 52

How China's tea was stolen

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In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and the British Empire exchanged poppies, produced in its Indian colonies and transformed into opium, for Chinese tea. Inundated by the drugs, China was forced to open up its market, and the British consolidated their commercial dominance. In 1839, the Middle Empire introduced prohibition. The Opium War was declared… Great Britain emerged as the winner, but the warning was heeded: it could no longer depend on Chinese tea. The only alternative possible was to produce its own tea. The East India Company therefore entrusted one man with finding the secrets of the precious beverage. His mission was to develop the first plantations in Britain’s Indian colonies. This latter-day James Bond was called Robert Fortune – a botanist. After overcoming innumerable ordeals in the heart of imperial China, he brought back the plants and techniques that gave rise to Darjeeling tea.

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Art Direction:
Maurice Ribière

Costume Design:
Marie Rospabé

Director:
Jérôme Scemla
Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

Editor:
Bruno Barwise

Music:
Joseph Guigui
David Dahan

Producer:
Maurice Ribière

Production Manager:
Bénédicte Richard

Scenario Writer:
Jérôme Scemla
Lindsay Shapero
Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

Sound:
Jocelyn Staderoli

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