Alexander the Great (1956)
Average Rating: 3.5/10
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Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 6
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The short life and quick death of Alexander the Great is recounted in this literate historical epic. Decked out in a blonde wig, Richard Burton stars as the Grecian warrior who conquered the known world while only in his twenties, then wept because there were no more worlds left to conquer. While the film's 141 minutes are occasionally bogged down by near-existential dialogue sequences (What doth it profit a man etc. etc.), the battle sequences are among the best and most accurate ever filmed.
Mar 28, 1956 Wide
Oct 19, 2004
United Artists
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Cast
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Richard Burton
Alexander the Great -
Fredric March
Philip of Macedonia -
Claire Bloom
Barsine -
Danielle Darrieux
Olympias -
Harry Andrews
Darius -
Stanley Baker
Attalus -
Niall MacGinnis
Parmenio -
Peter Cushing
Memnon -
Michael Hordern
Demosthenes -
Barry Jones
Aristotle -
Marisa de Leza
Eurydice -
Gustavo Rojo
Cleitus -
Rubén Rojo
Philotas -
William Squire
Aeschenes -
Helmut Dantine
Nectanebus -
Peter Wyngarde
Pausanius -
Julio Peńa
Arsites -
José Nieto
Spithridates -
Carlos Martinez Baena
Nearchus -
Larry Taylor
Perdiccas -
José Marco
Harpalus -
Ramsay Ames
Drunken woman -
Mario De Barros
Messenger -
Ellen Rossen
Amytis -
Virgilio Teixeira
Ptolemy -
Riccardo Valle
Hephaestion -
Frederick Ledebur
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It might be a literate epic, but it's a long and heavy slog.
...even more ineffectual and dull than Oliver Stone's recent attempt.
would work better as a stage play for high school theatrical productions
a colossal bore
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