Movie
1956
Alexander the Great is a CinemaScope and Technicolor 1956 epic historical drama film about the life of Macedonian general and king Alexander the Great written, produced and directed by Robert Rossen. Filmed in Spain, it was released by United Artists and stars Richard Burton as Alexander along with a large ensemble cast. Italian composer Mario Nascimbene contributed the film score.
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In 2004, Hollywood history repeated itself as *Troy*, the ambitious sword-and-sandal epic about the Trojan War, competed against *Alexander*, an equally ambitious epic about the greatest conqueror of the ancient world. Forty-eight years earlier, in 1956, the same phenomenon occurred when *Helen of Troy* competed with *Alexander the Great*, an epic biopic written, produced, and directed by Robert Rossen. The plot of…More
