The Search for Alexander the Great

The Search for Alexander the Great

240 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | May 6, 1981

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

The Search for Alexander the Great

240 mins | Documentary, History, TV Movie | May 6, 1981

The Search for Alexander the Great
Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.
Producers Video Arts, Time-Life Television Productions
Original title The Search for Alexander the Great
Directors Peter Sykes
Writers George Lefferts, Simon Raven

Cast

James Mason

as Narrator

Jane Lapotaire

as Olympias

Robert Stephens

as Darius of Persia

Julian Glover

as Philip II

Nicholas Clay

as Alexander

Ian Charleson

as Hephaistion

Michael Williams

as Aristotle

Michael Byrne

as Demosthenes

Gabriel Byrne

as Ptolemy

Barry Stanton

as Cleitus

Matthew Long

as Attalus

Jack Klaff

as Bagoas

Peter Porteous

as Callisthenes

Justin Sykes

as Young Alexander