Alexander the Great (miniseries)

Alexander the Great

Also known as| Alexandre le Grand : de l'histoire au mythe
German| Terra X: Alexander der Große
Genre| Documentary
Directed by| Christian Twente [de]
Martin Carazo Mendez[1]
Country of origin| Germany
Original language| German
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 2
Production
Producers| ZDF
Arte
ORF
Running time| 44 minutes
Production company| Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion GmbH
Original release
Network| Arte
ZDF
Release| 25 October (2014-10-25) –
2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)

Alexander the Great (German: Terra X: Alexander der Große; French: Alexandre le Grand : de l'histoire au mythe) is a 2014 documentary miniseries about Alexander the Great, a co-production of ZDF, Arte and ORF for ZDF's brand Terra X. The series premiered on 25 October 2014 on Arte as a 90-minute film, and later broadcast on ZDF as a two-part series.[2] It has been dubbed into English and Spanish.

## Synopsis

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Over the centuries, the myth of Alexander the Great, an illustrious conqueror of antiquity, has been enriched. History retains from him the image of a fine strategist and an ambitious monarch who managed, in little more than a decade, to constitute an immense empire going from Greece to India. But what man was he really? Based on reconstructions, the documentary attempts to unravel the legend of historical reality, looking back on Alexander's journey, from his birth in 356 ʙᴄ to his presumably illness-related death in 323 ʙᴄ.[3]

## Cast

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* David Schütter as Alexander the Great
* Vladi Georgiev as child Alexander
* Sascha Tschorn [de] as Hephaestion
* Teodora Duhovnikova as Olympias
* Andrei Slabakov as Philip II of Macedon
* Stoyan Aleksiev [bg] as Aristotle
* Vladislav Violinov [bg] as Philotas
* Alexander Demandt as himself
* Hans-Joachim Gehrke as himself
* Tanja Scheer [de] as herself

## Episodes

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No.
overall| No. in
season| Title| Original title| Original release date

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1| 1| "The Path to Power"| Auf dem Weg zur Macht| 26 October 2014 (2014-10-26)[4]

Alexander's childhood and how he becomes king of Macedon.

2| 2| "Until the End of the World"| Bis ans Ende der Welt| 2 November 2014 (2014-11-02)[4]

Alexander defeats Darius III and begins the conquest of Asia.

## Production

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The shooting started on 21 February 2014 and ended on 17 June of the same year. Filming locations took place in Greece, Iran, and a studio in Bulgaria.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Alexander der Große - Auf dem Weg zur Macht". zdf.de (in German). 24 July 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
2. ^ Keller, Harald (25 October 2014). "Ein Leben als Kriegsherr" [A Life as a Warlord]. Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
3. ^ "Alexandre le Grand : De l'histoire au mythe". programme-tv.net (in French). Prisma Media. 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
4. ^ a b "Der erste europäische Weltherrscher: ZDF-"Terra X"-Zweiteiler über Alexander den Großen". presseportal.de (in German). 21 October 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
5. ^ "Terra X - Alexander der Große". crew-united.com. 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

## External links

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* Official website (in German)
* Alexander the Great at IMDb

Portals:

* Television
* Germany

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