Alexandria: The Greatest City

2010

Documentary

7
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 205 205

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Plot summary

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'.

Top cast

Salima Ikram as Self - Egyptologist
Bettany Hughes as Self - Presenter
Colin Clement as Self - Centre d'Etudes Alexandrines
Emanuela Kulicka as Self - Polish Archaeological Unit
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443.61 MB
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12 hr 48 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by LW-08854 2 / 10

Very very poor

An extremely badly made almost amateurish production. The video is poor, the audio is also really bad with our presenter at points drowned out by traffic. The documentary does explore some interesting items but it just didn't bring the world of ancient Alexandria back to life, probably for budgetary reasons.It also creates a highly misleading and dishonest frankly impression that the library of Alexandria and all it works was destroyed in one single act of mindless vandalism, using footage from a pretty sensationalist 2009 movie to make the point.
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Reviewed by seamariehere 8 / 10

Fascinating history that we would do well to understand and remember

This was a very good summary of Alexandria's history. Of course, there is always more to tell but no one can capture everything in a short hour. This was a fine piece describing the fascinating streams of influence and the great scholars that studied there and made Alexandria the jewel that it was. Most people do not know who Hypatia was. I appreciate the narrator taking the time to explain her significant contributions. We are facing an eerily similar challenge, as people who consider themselves to be righteous turn away from science and call for the banning of books. This is an important story to tell and to tell in a compelling way, which is what this documentary did.

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