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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kinescope Film, nordmedia, ARTE, Radio Bremen
Keywords
- book burning
- censorship
- art restoration
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Top 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
Top Crew
Susanne Brahms · Director, Writer
André Feldhaus · Composer
Safy Jana Reske · Editor
Matthias Greving · Producer
Mike Beilfuß · Producer
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