Book Hunters (2017)
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
- 2017-09-22
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Susanne Brahms
- TMDB rating
- 8.7/10 from 3 votes
Cast
- Robert Levin as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Najeeb Michaeel as Self - Dominican Monk
- Columba Stewart as Self - Benedictine Monk
- Chiara Raimondo as Self - Archaeologist
- Stephen Greenblatt as Self - Literature Scholar
- Letizia Mandate as Self - Greek Culture Scholar
- Vito Mocella as Self - Optical Engineer
- Mustafa Jahie as Self - Librarian
- Andrea Dautović as Self - Librarian
- Enver Imamovíc as Self - Archaeologist
- Patriarch John X of Antioch as Self - Greek Orthodox Patriarch
- Elisabetta Lugato as Self - Librarian
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