(41 min; 1995; English)
Director: Gero von Boehm 

Film on Umberto Eco, one of the world's best-selling novelists. His fiction displayed a dazzling erudition, which ranged across science, history, mythology, religion, and modern technology. Fascinated by medieval aesthetics, this profile of Eco highlights his many passions and concerns. It also looks at his novels, particularly The Island of the Day Before, a suspenseful, seafaring adventure that is full of the elements that have delighted millions of readers.