Albert I of Monaco

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End of the nineteenth century... An intrepid young aristocrat, Albert, Crown Prince of Monaco, dreams of but one thing: to set sail. After only a few years he has learned the skills of a sailor and owns his own schooner: the Hirondelle. Anxious to make himself useful to the world, he very quickly decides to dedicate his time and his ship to oceanographic works. By unlocking the secrets of the depths, he seeks to better understand a part of ourselves. But this thirst for knowledge, this humanist drive for progress and peace, will be confronted by a world where, at the dawn of the Great War, science is focused on destruction...