Summaries

A rebel leader calling himself Alexander the Great escapes from prison and captures some English tourists to hold as hostages. He returns to his village and finds there a commune in existence.

A rebel leader calling himself Alexander the Great escapes from prison and captures some English tourists to hold as hostages. He returns to his village and finds there a commune in existence. The film is based on the Dilesi Massacre of 1870. It opens with a character named Alexander the Great who is the leader of the bandits being freed from prison. Alexander and the bandits have kidnapped a group of British aristocrats and bring them to an agrarian community in the mountains.—Wiki

New Year's Eve, 1900. Riding a proud white stallion, feared bandit leader Alexander escapes captivity. As he flees to a remote village, Alexander and his men encounter a team of English aristocrats and kidnap them. From his lair in the mountain, Alexander demands amnesty and, above all, the return and fair distribution of land. As a result, the villagers hail Alexander as a great patriot and liberator. However, their happiness is short-lived.—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • male nudity
  • character name as title
  • male frontal nudity
  • alexander the great character
  • brechtian
Genres
  • Drama
  • History
Release date Sep 2, 1984
Countries of origin Italy West Germany Greece
Language English Italian Greek
Filming locations Palaios Panteleimonas, Pieria, Greece
Production companies Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Rai 2 Theo Angelopoulos Films

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 3h 30m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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