Book Hunters
Fight for the knowledge of the world
8.7
3 votes
September 22, 2017
52m
Overview
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.
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Cast
Robert Levin
Self - Narrator (voice)Najeeb Michaeel
Self - Dominican MonkColumba Stewart
Self - Benedictine MonkChiara Raimondo
Self - ArchaeologistStephen Greenblatt
Self - Literature ScholarLetizia Mandate
Self - Greek Culture ScholarVito Mocella
Self - Optical EngineerMustafa Jahie
Self - LibrarianAndrea Dautović
Self - LibrarianEnver Imamovíc
Self - Archaeologist
Patriarch John X of Antioch
Self - Greek Orthodox PatriarchElisabetta Lugato
Self - LibrarianBrezzano Maximum
Self - Book RestorerPatriarch Gregory Peter XX of Cilicia
Self - Armenian Catholic Patriarch
Zubin Mehta
Self - Conductor (archive footage)More like this
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