Alexander the Great (film)

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Alexander The Great
Original film poster
Directed by	Robert Rossen
Produced by	Executive producer: Gordon Griffith Producer: Robert Rossen
Written by	Robert Rossen
Starring	Richard Burton Claire Bloom Frederic March Danielle Darrieux Michael Hordern Harry Andrews
Music by	Mario Nascimbene
Cinematography	Robert Krasker Theodore J. Pahle
Editing by	Ralph Kemplen
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	March 28, 1956
Running time	135 min.
Country	USA
Language	English

Alexander the Great is a 1956 America sword and sandal epic film written, directed and produced by Robert Rossen with Gordon S. Griffith as executive producer. It was released by United Artists and starred Richard Burton as Alexander.

Contents 1 Plot Summary 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Plot Summary

[edit] Cast

• Richard Burton as Alexander The Great
• Fredric March as Philip of Macedonia
• Claire Bloom as Barsine
• Danielle Darrieux as Olympias
• Barry Jones as Aristotle
• Harry Andrews as Darius
• Stanley Baker as Attalus
• Niall MacGinnis as Parmenio
• Peter Cushing as Memnon
• Michael Hordern as Demosthenes
• Marisa de Leza as Eurydice
• Gustavo Rojo as Cleitus
• Rubén Rojo as Philotas
• Peter Wyngarde as Pausanias
• Helmut Dantine as Nectenabus
• William Squire as Aeschenes
• Friedrich von Ledebur as Antipater
• Virgilio Teixeira as Ptolemy
• Teresa del Río as Roxane
• Julio Peña as Arsites
• José Nieto as Spithridates
• Carlos Baena as Nearchus
• Larry Taylor as Perdiccas
• José Marco as Harpalus
• Ricardo Valle as Hephaestion
• Carmen Carulla as Stateira
• Jesús Luque as Aristander
• Ramsay Ames as Drunken woman
• Ellen Rossen as Amytis
• Carlos Acevedo as Ochus

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Alexander the Great at the Internet Movie Database
• Alexander The Great at Allmovie

v • d • e The films of Robert Rossen Films Johnny O'Clock (1947) • Body and Soul (1947) • All the King's Men (1949) • The Brave Bulls (1951) • Mambo (1954) • Alexander the Great (1956) • Island in the Sun (1957) • They Came to Cordura (1959) • The Hustler (1961) • Lilith (1964) Screenplays Marked Woman (with Abem Finkel) (1937) • They Won't Forget (with Aben Kandel) (1937) • Racket Busters (with Warren Duff) (1938) • Dust Be My Destiny (1939) • The Roaring Twenties (with Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay) (1939) • A Child Is Born (1939) • The Sea Wolf (1941) • Out of the Fog (with Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay) (1941) • Blues in the Night (1941) • Edge of Darkness (1943) • A Walk in the Sun (1945) • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) • Desert Fury (with A.I. Bezzerides) (1947) Productions The Undercover Man (1949)