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The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story

2011·Movie
1h 15min
86
ExcellentGoodWatch score
IMDb8.6
IMDb8.6

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How a group of book lovers risked their lives to save a library during the Bosnian war

Documentary which tells the story of a group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue a library - and preserve a nation's history - in the midst of the Bosnian war. Amid bullets and bombs and under fire from shells and snipers, this handful of passionate book-lovers safeguarded more than 10,000 unique, hand-written Islamic books and manuscripts - the most important texts held by Sarajevo's last surviving library.
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Directed by:
Sam Hobkinson

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86
ExcellentGoodWatch score

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How long is The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story?

1 h 15 min

The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story runs 1 h 15 min.

What language is The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story in?

EnglishArabicBosnianSerbian (Latin)

It was made in English, with some Arabic, Bosnian, Serbian (Latin).