The Abrafaxe – Under The Black Flag ( and also known as The Pirates of Tortuga: Under The Black Flag) is a German film directed by and Tony Power. It was released in 2001 and is based on the popular and long running German comic strip series Die Abrafaxe by Lona Rietschel and Lothar Dräger. Plot The lead characters are three kids Abrax, Brabax and Califax (Alex and Max in English). They sneak into the back of the museum where they find a rare golden Aztec bowl. While playing with it a bit, its layers moved, and they were transported back in time. Both Abrax and Brabax landed in cargo space of Spanish galleon under captain Don Archimbaldo. Califax landed in pirate city of Tortuga governed by legendary beautiful and dangerous pirate Anne Bonny. Her father Shanty was killed by Blackbeard on story progression. At the end, Anne Bonny together with Abrax, Brabax, Califax and her crew uncover the secret island and treasure of El Dorado. Then Abrax, Brabax and Califax decide that it is time to go home, so they used that rare Aztec golden bowl to get back home to the museum where they put back the bowl. But they were caught by a security guard and the museum tour guide, then released. Just when they were outside of the museum, they saw a light similar to the one before when they were travelling, but now on top of the museum, as the story ended. (It is known that by accident the security guard of museum and the museum tour guide travelled in time, with a new adventure beginning where the old one left off.) Cast and characters Original German version Kim Hasper – Abrax (Alex in the English version) David Turba – Brabax (Max in the English version) Ilona Schulz – Califax Nena – Anne Bonny Helmut Krauss – Blackbeard Santiago Ziesmer – Don Archimbaldo Wilfried Herbst – Prado Ulrich Voß – Shanty Michael Pan – Carlos Stefan Friedrich – Juan English-dubbed version Justin Bradley – Califax Holly Gauthier-Frankel – Anne Bonny A.J. Henderson – Blackbeard/Prado Rick Jones – Don Archimbaldo Susan Glover – Museum Curator External links 2001 animated films 2001 films German animated films 2000s German-language films Animated comedy films Pirate films German children's films Films based on German comics Animated films based on comics Films about time travel Films set in the 1710s Cultural