Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Dragons of the Sea: China's Forgotten Fleet

Play trailer Poster for Dragons of the Sea: China's Forgotten Fleet 2006 52m Documentary Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 0 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
In 1405, a gigantic fleet weighs its anchors in the Nanjing harbour. 200 ships and a crew of 27,000 men, under the supreme command of imperial Admiral Zheng He, embark on the first of seven expeditions, taking them via Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia all the way to Iran and Africa. This film portrays one of the greatest seafarers of all times, who, almost a century before Columbus, set out to discover the world.
Dragons of the Sea: China's Forgotten Fleet

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Qian Chen

Director

Simon Chilvers

Actor

Qian Chen

Writer

Uwe Kersken

Producer

Zhuoyu Li

Producer

Sida Guo

Original Music
View All

Dragons of the Sea: China's Forgotten Fleet

Dragons of the Sea: China's Forgotten Fleet (2006) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis In 1405, a gigantic fleet weighs its anchors in the Nanjing harbour. 200 ships and a crew of 27,000 men, under the supreme command of imperial Admiral Zheng He, embark on the first of seven expeditions, taking them via Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia all the way to Iran and Africa. This film portrays one of the greatest seafarers of all times, who, almost a century before Columbus, set out to discover the world.
Director
Qian Chen
Producer
Uwe Kersken, Zhuoyu Li
Screenwriter
Qian Chen
Production Co
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion GmbH
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
German
Runtime
52m
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings