Book Hunters
- Documentary
- History
9/22/2017
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Fight for the knowledge of the world
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 LevinSelf - Narrator (voice)- Najeeb MichaeelSelf - Dominican Monk
- Columba StewartSelf - Benedictine Monk
- Chiara RaimondoSelf - Archaeologist
- Stephen GreenblattSelf - Literature Scholar
- Letizia MandateSelf - Greek Culture Scholar
Vito MocellaSelf - Optical Engineer- Mustafa JahieSelf - Librarian
- Andrea DautovićSelf - Librarian
- Enver ImamovícSelf - Archaeologist
- Patriarch John X of AntiochSelf - Greek Orthodox Patriarch
- Elisabetta LugatoSelf - Librarian
- Brezzano MaximumSelf - Book Restorer
- Patriarch Gregory Peter XX of CiliciaSelf - Armenian Catholic Patriarch
- Zubin MehtaSelf - Conductor (archive footage)