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Book Hunters (2017)
Directed by Susanne Brahms
“Fight for the knowledge of the world”
Documentary, History · 52m
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.
Cast
R
Robert Levin
Self - Narrator (voice)
N
Najeeb Michaeel
Self - Dominican Monk
C
Columba Stewart
Self - Benedictine Monk
C
Chiara Raimondo
Self - Archaeologist
S
Stephen Greenblatt
Self - Literature Scholar
L
Letizia Mandate
Self - Greek Culture Scholar
V
Vito Mocella
Self - Optical Engineer
M
Mustafa Jahie
Self - Librarian
A
Andrea Dautović
Self - Librarian
E
Enver Imamovíc
Self - Archaeologist
Patriarch John X of Antioch
Self - Greek Orthodox Patriarch
E
Elisabetta Lugato
Self - Librarian
Crew
- Director
- Susanne Brahms
- Writer
- Susanne Brahms
- Original Music Composer
- André Feldhaus
- Editor
- Safy Jana Reske
- Producer
- Matthias Greving, Mike Beilfuß, Janina Sara Hennemann
Details
- Original title
- Die Bücherjäger
- Release date
- 2017-09-22
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- Bosnian, English, French, German, Italian
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Kinescope Film, nordmedia, ARTE, Radio Bremen