Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune

Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune (2016)

How China's tea was stolen

  • Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2016-07-01
  • Runtime: 0h 52min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: La Compagnie des Taxis-Brousse
  • Production Country: China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland
  • Directors: Jérôme Scemla, Charles-Antoine de Rouvre.

Summary

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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  • Willy Perelsztejn

    as Robert Fortune (voice - english)
  • Charles-Antoine de Rouvre

    as Robert Fortune
  • Xing Xing Chao

    as Wang
  • Han Cheng Zhang

    as Coolie 1er voyage
  • Yuan Zhou Li

    as Sing-Ho
  • Xueheng Liu

    as Coolie de Fortune #1
  • Jianxiang Zhong

    as Coolie de Fortune #2
  • Mathieu Buscatto

    as Robert Fortune (voice - french)
Directing Jérôme Scemla Director
Directing Charles-Antoine de Rouvre Director
Sound Joseph Guigui Music
Writing Jérôme Scemla Scenario Writer
Sound Jocelyn Staderoli Sound
Production Bénédicte Richard Production Manager
Art Maurice Ribière Art Direction
Editing Bruno Barwise Editor
Writing Lindsay Shapero Scenario Writer
Sound David Dahan Music
Writing Charles-Antoine de Rouvre Scenario Writer
Production Maurice Ribière Producer
Costume & Make-Up Marie Rospabé Costume Design

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