Book Hunters
“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
15 people
Robert Levin
Self - Narrator (voice)
Also in
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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
Andrea Dautović
Self - Librarian
Enver Imamovíc
Self - Archaeologist
Patriarch John X of Antioch
Self - Greek Orthodox Patriarch
Elisabetta Lugato
Self - Librarian
Susanne Brahms Director · André Feldhaus Composer Safy Jana Reske Editor
United States release March 20, 2018 · Produced in Germany · Languages Bosnian, English, French, German, Italian
Production
Kinescope Film
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nordmedia
Production
ARTE
Production
Radio Bremen
Production
Germany
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Original title
Die Bücherjäger
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Bosnian · English · French · German · Italian
Release dates
Germany · September 22, 2017
Premiere · Filmfest Bremen
United States · March 20, 2018
Premiere · Chicago International Television Festival
France
October 14, 2017 · Digital · arte
October 14, 2017 · TV · arte
Germany
October 14, 2017 · Digital · arte
October 14, 2017 · TV · arte
Poland
March 7, 2021 · Digital · arte
Spain
March 7, 2021 · Digital · arte
United Kingdom
March 7, 2021 · Digital · arte
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