Aleksander Wielki - nieustraszony dowódca, wspaniały wojownik i zdobywca świata, legenda! Zobacz Richarda Burtona w roli życia u boku niezapomnianych aktorów, Fredrica Marcha i Claire Bloom. Zanurz się w opowieści sprzed wieków, spektakularnym widowisku zbudowanym z krwi, chwały i starożytnej mądrości. Film ukazuje jednego z najsłynniejszych władców Europy i Azji jako człowieka rozdartego pomiędzy lojalnością wobec ojca wojownika, nauczyciela Arystotelesa a odwiecznym pragnieniem podboju świata. W czasach, kiedy świat polityczny był mniej stabilny niż najbardziej złowrogie wody, młody Aleksander musi odnaleźć w sobie siłę i wybrać drogę, która zaprowadzi go do upragnionej nieśmiertelności.
Richard Burton stars in
Alexander the Great, a middling entry in the 1950s CinemaScope epic cycle. The film boasts excellent production values and a fine cast--including Frederic March, Claire Bloom, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing and Michael Hordern--but it rarely comes to life other than as a big fat ancient Greek wedding of the talents of Burton and Bloom. They strike real dramatic sparks together, so much so they would be reunited in
Look Back in Anger (1958) and
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965).
The film's failures must be laid at the feet of writer, director and producer Robert Rossen, who never before or after helmed anything remotely on this scale; his best work would follow with the intimate The Hustler (1961). Rossen simply shows little sensibility for the epic, staging lavish but brief and rather pedestrian battles and somehow drawing from the usually mesmerising Burton a performance lacking the charisma essential to a great military commander. Burton fans can enjoy him at his epic best as Marc Anthony in (1963).
On the DVD: Alexander the Great is presented anamorphically enhanced at 2.35:1, although the picture is still obviously cropped at either side of the screen throughout. The print is very variable, in places quite grainy and soft with some serious flickering blotchiness, but otherwise it has strong colours, detail and contrast. The sound is primitive stereo. The only extra is the theatrical trailer, effectively presented in anamorphic 2.35:1. --Gary S. Dalkin
Product Description
He was a fierce military commander who led huge armies into battle without a single defeat; a magnificent warrior who many believe was part god - this was Alexander The Great
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