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Book Hunters

Fight for the knowledge of the world

8.7(3)

Released:September 22, 2017

Runtime:52m

Status:Released

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 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

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

Zubin Mehta

Self - Conductor (archive footage)

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.

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