Alexandria: The Greatest City (2010)
- Directed by
- Nick Gillam-Smith
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A historian travels to Egypt to uncover the story of Alexandria, a city built by Alexander the Great that became a global hub of learning. The film examines the city's rise and fall through its culture and the life of the philosopher Hypatia.
informativeatmosphericcontemplativehistoricalscholarlyvisually strikingsomberexploratory
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