Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great (1956)

  • 0% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 56% of users liked it
    (5,314 ratings)

The short life and quick death of Alexander the Great is recounted in this literate historical epic. Decked out in a blonde wig, Richard Burton stars as the Grecian warrior who conquered the known world while only in his twenties, then wept because there were no more worlds left to conquer. While… More

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Directed By
Genres
Classics
In Theaters
Mar 28, 1956 Wide
United Artists

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    It might be a literate epic, but it's a long and heavy slog.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...even more ineffectual and dull than Oliver Stone's recent attempt.

  • John A. Nesbit, Old School Reviews

    would work better as a stage play for high school theatrical productions

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    a colossal bore

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Ponderous and slow but Burton is okay.

  • AJ V


    Another boring epic I saw on TV. I didn't see the whole thing, but some scenes were okay. Overall an okay movie.

  • Byron B


    Huge overblown epic about the ancient world has Burton as Alexander the Great who fails to really bring the history to life or draw you in so you care about the well known character one way or the other. March was unrecognizable as Alexander's father Philip but stood out in the… More

  • Dimitris S


    A passionate filmmaker like Rossen could have switched off the engine,return credits to the producers and reject a project like Alexander's life.Paradoxically,not only he's successful in accomplishing it,Burton is hermaphroditic in a masculine facade just as Alexander was… More

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