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Alexander the Great (1956) is a sweeping historical epic you can watch online on iFILM, written and directed by Robert Rossen. Richard Burton stars as the Macedonian king who set out to conquer the entire known world.
Greece lies in ashes, its great cities broken, and only mountainous Macedonia still holds. Young Alexander, son of the brutal King Philip, marches his army ever farther from home — through Persia toward the edge of the map. Each victory widens the empire and quietly isolates the man at its center. How much can one short life conquer?
Rossen shot this costume spectacle in Spain with the kind of cast-of-thousands battles the 1950s loved. Beside Burton stand Fredric March as Philip and Claire Bloom, with future horror icons Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in small roles. It's solemn and stately, but old-school sword-and-sandal fans will eat it up. Stream Alexander the Great (1956) online on iFILM.
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