The Gutenberg Enigma
7.5
“The man who succeeds against all odds”
A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but also an enthusiastic inventor, a daring businessman, a tenacious troublemaker: the life of Johannes Gutenberg (circa 1400-68).
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Cast
22 people
Cédric Zimmerlin
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Known for
La Belle Époque
Philippe Ohrel
Johannes Gutenberg
Known for
Sauvage
The Colors of Fire
Xavier Boulanger
Johannes Fust
Known for
The Bare Necessity
The New Protocol
Jean-Philippe Meyer
Cristiano Nocera
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Gaël Chaillat
Marc Schweyer
Georg Dritzehn
Also in
No Drowning
It’s Alright If I’m Lost
Tim Berners-Lee
Himself - Computer Scientist
Also in
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Guy Bechtel
Himself - Historian
Stephan Füssel
Himself - Philologist
Benoît Jordan
Himself - Archive Curator
Pierre Monnet
Himself - Historian
Marc Jampolsky Director · Bruno Courtin Composer Sylvain Verdet Cinematographer
First release December 16, 2016 · Produced in Austria, France, Germany · Languages English, French, German, Italian, Latin
Production
Seppia
Production
ARTE
Production
Mischief Films
Production
ZDF
Production
SWR
Production
France Télévisions
Production
ORF
Production
Seppia Production
Production
Austria · France · Germany
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Languages
Original title
Gutenberg : l'aventure de l'imprimerie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Latin
Release dates
Austria · December 16, 2016
TV
No release date listed for United States.
France
September 12, 2017 · TV · ARTE
September 25, 2017 · Premiere
September 14, 2018 · Premiere
Germany
September 12, 2017 · TV · ARTE
United Kingdom
October 19, 2019 · Digital · ARTE
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