1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets (2010)

5.5/10 • 13 min • Documentary Family

Overview

Three school children visit a dusty library to research the story of 'The Dark Ages'. What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture from the Muslim civilization are vividly brought to life.

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Al-Jazari / Librarian

Stewart Scudamore

Ibn Al-Haytham

Andrew Bridgmont

Abbas Ibn Firnas

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