Synopsis
A portrait of the inventor of the letterpress, who was a key figure in the history of mankind, but also an enthusiastic inventor, a daring businessman, a tenacious troublemaker: the life of Johannes Gutenberg (circa 1400-68).
Movie Information
- Director
- Marc Jampolsky
- Writers
- Marc Jampolsky
- Release Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 86 minutes
- Genre
- Documentary, History
- Language
- FR
- Country
- Austria, France, Germany
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (4 votes)
Top Cast
Cédric Zimmerlin
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Philippe Ohrel
Johannes Gutenberg
Xavier Boulanger
Johannes Fust
Cristiano Nocera
Enea Silvio Piccolomini
Marc Schweyer
Georg Dritzehn
Tim Berners-Lee
Himself - Computer Scientist
Guy Bechtel
Himself - Historian
Stephan Füssel
Himself - Philologist
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