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.
| Release Date | April 21, 2011 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | The Love of Books: A Sarajevo Story | |
| Runtime | 1h 15min | |
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| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Arabic, English, Bosnian, Serbo-Croatian | |
| Original Language | English | |
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