Alexandria: The Greatest City

6.9
2010 0 hr 48 min Documentary

Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the world's first global centre of culture. The documentary also looks at the role of astronomer and philosopher Hypatia, and incorporates stunning footage from the feature film 'Agora'.

  • Cast:
    Bettany Hughes

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Reviews

BootDigest
2010/06/01

Such a frustrating disappointment

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Moustroll
2010/06/02

Good movie but grossly overrated

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Freeman
2010/06/03

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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Geraldine
2010/06/04

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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