Book Hunters
2017
52min
When chaos reigns, while barbaric and fanatical rulers, both ecclesiastical and secular, systematically burn entire libraries, book hunters, secret heroes of history, travel the world saving and copying texts, threatened by the madness of censors, with the noble purpose of preventing the ultimate loss of human knowledge.
Storyline
When chaos reigns, while barbaric and fanatical rulers, both ecclesiastical and secular, systematically burn entire libraries, book hunters, secret heroes of history, travel the world saving and copying texts, threatened by the madness of censors, with the noble purpose of preventing the ultimate loss of human knowledge.
Released
22 September 2017
Runtime
52min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
German
Production
Kinescope Film, nordmedia, ARTE, Radio Bremen
Cast
Robert Levin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Najeeb Michaeel
Self - Dominican Monk
Columba Stewart
Self - Benedictine Monk
Chiara Raimondo
Self - Archaeologist
Stephen Greenblatt
Self - Literature Scholar
Letizia Mandate
Self - Greek Culture Scholar
Vito Mocella
Self - Optical Engineer
Mustafa Jahie
Self - Librarian
Andrea Dautović
Self - Librarian
Enver Imamovíc
Self - Archaeologist
Patriarch John X of Antioch
Self - Greek Orthodox Patriarch
Elisabetta Lugato
Self - Librarian
Brezzano Maximum
Self - Book Restorer
Patriarch Gregory Peter XX of Cilicia
Self - Armenian Catholic Patriarch
Zubin Mehta
Self - Conductor (archive footage)
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