The colossus who conquered the world!
An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
- 6.0
- 1956
- Released
- 2h 16m
Richard Burton
Alexander
Fredric March
Philip of Macedonia
Claire Bloom
Barsine
Danielle Darrieux
Olympias
Barry Jones
Aristotle
Harry Andrews
Darius
Stanley Baker
Attalus
Niall MacGinnis
Parmenio
Peter Cushing
Memmon
Michael Hordern
Demosthenes
Marisa de Leza
Eurydice (as Marisa De Leza)
Gustavo Rojo
Cleitus
Rubén Rojo
Philotas (as Ruben Rojo)
Peter Wyngarde
Pausanias
Helmut Dantine
Nectenabus
William Squire
Aeschenes
Friedrich von Ledebur
Antipater (as Friedrich Ledebur)
Christopher Lee
Nectenabus (voice)
Virgílio Teixeira
Ptolemy
Julio Peña
Arsites
Carlos Baena
Nearchus
Teresa del Río
Roxane (as Teresa Del Rio)
José Nieto
Spithridates (as Jose Nieto)Larry Taylor
Perdiccas
José Marco
Harpalus (as Jose Marco)
Ricardo Valle
HephaestionCarmen Carulla
StateiraJesús Luque
Aristander (as Jesus Luque)
Ramsay Ames
Drunken Woman (as Ramsey Ames)Ellen Rossen
AmytisCarlos Acevedo
Ochus
Manuel Arbó
(no acreditado)Mario Barros
(no acreditado)
Enrique Diosdado
(no acreditado)
Sergio Orta
(no acreditado)
Gérard Tichy
(no acreditado)
Released
en
- #empire
- #alexander the great
- #king
- #4th century bc
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This is essentially a story all of it's own. Though history forms the basis of the subject, Richard Burton's depiction strays quite wilfully from any of the more established legends that are Alexander of Macedonia - or it just chooses to create a completely new one. Frederic March is good as his borderline megalomanic father Philip. with whom Alexander has a love/hate relationship as is Danielle D
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