

22/09/2017
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.

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

Andrea Dautović
as Self - Librarian

Enver Imamovíc
as Self - Archaeologist

Patriarch John X of Antioch
as Self - Greek Orthodox Patriarch

Elisabetta Lugato
as Self - Librarian

Brezzano Maximum
as Self - Book Restorer

Patriarch Gregory Peter XX of Cilicia
as Self - Armenian Catholic Patriarch

Zubin Mehta
as Self - Conductor (archive footage)
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