The Search for Alexander the Great (1981)

7.0/10 240 min Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

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

Cast

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

Gabriel Byrne

Ptolemy

Barry Stanton

Cleitus

Jack Klaff

Bagoas

Peter Porteous

Callisthenes

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