May 06, 1981
240 min
Full-HD

The Search for Alexander the Great (1981)

Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.

Category

Documentary History TV Movie

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Video Arts Time-Life Television Productions

James Mason

Narrator

Jane Lapotaire

Olympias

Robert Stephens

Darius of Persia

Julian Glover

Philip II

Nicholas Clay

Alexander

Ian Charleson

Hephaistion

Michael Williams

Aristotle

Michael Byrne

Demosthenes

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