The read
It runs a compact 52m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB8.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Susanne BrahmsDirector
- Susanne BrahmsWriter
- André FeldhausOriginal Music Composer
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
Stills
Themes
book burningcensorshipart restoration