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Book Hunters

Name: Book Hunters
Director: Susanne Brahms
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2017-09-22
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Robert Levin, Najeeb Michaeel, Columba Stewart, Chiara Raimondo, Stephen Greenblatt

Fight for the knowledge of the world

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Release date

September 22, 2017

Creator / Director / Author

Susanne Brahms

Runtime

52 min

Rating

8.7 / 10

Genres

Documentary History

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

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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Book Hunters

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