Alexander the Great (1980)

Original title

Ο Μεγαλέξαντρος

Directed by

Thodoros Angelopoulos

Genre

drama film

Country

Greece, Italy

Runtime

3h 55m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A story about a man who returns to a Greek village in the early 20th century and becomes a leader. The film explores power and violence through a mythologized version of Alexander the Great.

slow-burnepicmeditativemelancholicvisually lushhistoricalbleakcerebral

What happens

Alexander the Great (Greek: Ο Μεγαλέξανδρος) is a 1980 Greek film directed by Theo Angelopoulos. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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