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.
Genres:
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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