Showrunner Andreas Heckmann (“Barbarians”) and director Paul Wilmshurst (“The Day of the Jackal,” “Da Vinci’s Demons,” “The Last Kingdom”) have boarded “ Korsan ,” a six-part nautical epic produced by France’s Lazuri Film .

Set in 1492, the series follows Sara, the defiant daughter of Granada’s chief Rabbi, exiled during Spain’s expulsion of its Jewish population and captured by Ottoman corsairs (‘Korsan’ in Turkish). From Andalusia to Istanbul, her journey becomes a daring rescue mission across land and sea, exploring exile, faith and identity. Under an imperial decree, her captors become unlikely allies, guiding Jewish refugees through ambushes, shifting alliances and treacherous waters, while Sara confronts leadership, loyalty and love at a high cost.

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