Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant
Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he leads his Army across the
then known world venturing further than any Westerner had ever gone all the
way to India.
Conquering 90% of the known world by the age of 25, Alexander the Great led
his armies through 22,000 miles of sieges and conquests in just eight
years. Coming out of tiny Macedonia, Alexander led his armies against the
mighty Persian Empire, drove west to Egypt, and finally made his way east
to India. This film will concentrate on those eight years of battles, as
well as his relationship with his boyhood friend and battle mate,
Hephaestion. Alexander died young, of illness, at 33. Alexander's conquests
paved the way for the spread of Greek culture (facilitating the spread of
Christianity centuries later), and removed many of the obstacles that might
have prevented the expansion of the Roman Empire. In other words, the world
we know today might never have been if not for Alexander's bloody, yet
unifying, conquest.
Alexander, the King of Macedonia(Today, Republic of Macedonia), leads his
legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians he
leads his Army across the then known world venturing further than any
Westerner had ever gone all the way to India.
'Alexander' traces the short, but adventurous life of the Macedonian
conqueror, Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), whom conquered almost the
entire known world of his era. From his childhood as the son of King
Philip, to acending the thrown at age 20 in 336 B.C. upon his father's
murder, and starting in 334 B.C., Alexander crossed into Asia on his
11-year conquest of the known world. From his conquests of Egypt, to
battles with the Persians and the capture of Babylon, operations near
Maracanda and in Afghanistan, and pushing all the way to India where he
reigned unchallenged before his sudden death at age 32. Though Alexander
made use of the well-oiled army created by his father, he pushed the limits
of Macedonian & Greek power to levels King Philip could not have dreamed
of.
Historical, glamorous biopic (with mystical and religious elements) about
the life of famous Macedonian ruler and conqueror Alexander, the Great
(appr. 356-323 B.C.), mainly concentrating on his youth and his conquering
of Persia and India. The son of Macedonian king Phillip II and his wife
Olympias became king when he was 20 years old and died with 32, by this
time having conquered 90% of the world as it was explored by the time he
lived, ruling over parts of three continents and several countries.
