Alexander the Great

Formato: DVD

Ano: 1956

Sinopse 1:

Ficha Técnica:
Gênero: Épico / Drama
Duração: 135 min

Elenco:
Richard Burton ... Alexandre, o Grande
Fredric March ... Filipe II da Macedônia
Claire Bloom ... Barsine
Danielle Darrieux ... Olímpia
Barry Jones ... Aristóteles
Harry Andrews ... Dario I
Stanley Baker ... Átalo
Niall MacGinnis ... Parmênio
Peter Cushing ... Memnon
Michael Hordern ... Demóstenes
Marisa de Leza ... Eurídice
Gustavo Rojo ... Cleito
Rubén Rojo ... Filotas
Peter Wyngarde ... Pausânias
Teresa del Río ... Roxana

Um bravo comandante militar, um guerreiro magnífico, o conquistador do mundo. Herói legendário da Macedônia, Alexandre, O Grande, é exaltado neste filme definitivo sobre sua tumultuada vida. Richard Burton, Fredric March e Claire Bloom encabeçam o "elenco extraordinário". Composto de milhares de atores, este filme épico, que mistura com maestria a ação espetacular com intensas interpretações dos personagens é uma antiga história sobre sabedoria, sangue e glória! Alexandre (Burton) é um homem perturbado pelo conflito entre a elevada sabedoria de seu professor, Aristóteles (Barry Jones), a lealdade a seu pai (March), um guerreiro, e seu próprio grandioso desígnio de dominar o mundo. Em um mundo turbulento de política conturbada, este jovem ambicioso ergue-se acima de todos os conflitos a fim de juntar os continentes da Europa e Ásia e tornar-se um dos maiores e mais famosos governantes de todos os tempos.

Synopsis 2: An epic film that follows the life of Alexander the Great, the macedonian king that united all ancient greek tribes and led them against the vast Persian Empire. Alexander conquered most of the then known world and created a greek empire that spanned all the way from the Balkans to India. (IMDb)

Barbarians - The Huns

Formato: DVD
Ano: 2003
Versão castelhana: Bárbaros - Hunos

Synopsis: In the fifth century, a people known as the Huns marched from central Asia to Europe and brought the faltering Roman empire to the brink of collapse. Barbarians: The Huns chronicles their infamously violent military strategies and their sophisticated international diplomacy.

CURRICULUM LINKS
This documentary can be used in history classes.

NOTE TO EDUCATORS
This program is appropriate for middle school and high school students. It contains some descriptions of graphic violence.

OBJECTIVES
After viewing this program, students should be able to discuss the strategies and goals, both military and diplomatic, of the Huns and their impact on the Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church.

STANDARDS
This program fulfills the following National Standards for History for grades 5-12: chronological thinking, historical comprehension, historical analysis and interpretations.

PRE-VIEWING QUESTIONS
1. Read through all the questions below in the following two sections. Bear these questions in mind as you watch the video.
2. By the time the Huns were coming into conflict with the Roman empire, they were based in the area that is today the country of Hungary. Locate Hungary on a map. How far is it from Constantinople (Istanbul)? From Rome?

Aetius
Atilla
Bleda
Chalons
Gaul
Honoria
Honorius
Marcian
Pope Leo I
Ravenna
Ruglia
The Balkans
Theodosius
Valentinian

Barbarians - The Goths

Formato: DVD
Ano: 2003
Versão castelhana: Bárbaros - Godos

Synopsis: In A.D. 410 the Goths sacked the Eternal City, Rome, and delivered one of the most devastating attacks in history on the Roman Empire. What motivated this onslaught? How was such an attack against the once invincible empire possible? Who were the Goths, and what were the consequences of their victory, for themselves and for the empire? Barbarians: The Goths shows how the Goths were a people stuck between a rock and a hard place, who lashed out against the Romans only under duress and when all other options had failed them.

CURRICULUM LINKS
Barbarians: The Goths can be used in history classes.

NOTE TO EDUCATORS
This program is appropriate for middle school and high school students. It contains some descriptions of graphic violence.

OBJECTIVES
After viewing this program, students should be able to discuss the emergence, development, and legacy of the Goths; the career and achievements of the Goth leader Alaric; the political state of the Roman empire in the fourth and fifth centuries.

STANDARDS
Barbarians: The Goths fulfills the following National Standards for History for grades 5-12: chronological thinking, historical comprehension, historical analysis and interpretations.

PRE-VIEWING ACTIVITY
1.Before watching the video, read through and prepare to answer all the questions below.
2.What was happening elsewhere in Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries?

Adrianople
Alaric
Emperor Arcadius
Emperor Honorius
Emperor Theodosius
Emperor Valens
Fritigern
Marcianople
Thrace

http://www.history.com/classroom/admin/study_guide/archives/thc_guide.2487.html

The Minotaur's Island

Formato: DVD

Ano: 2003

Synopsis 1: As Bettany Hughes recollects in her documentary, Minotaur's Island, the Minoan culture met their demise much like mist fading into the atmosphere. There wasn't massive violence at play which caused their downfall, but more of a gradual reactionary decline due to the elements that closed a chapter on many hundreds of years of tradesman living that spanned to around roughly 1420 BC. It's possible for a historical documentary to lean on the dry side when discussing the moribund nature of a conflict-less society, but Hughes' Minotaur's Island makes certain to hold onto a stimulating blend between photography, textual information, and theory regarding the precursor civilization to the Mycenaean conquest-focused society.

Synopsis 2: Before Crete collapsed in fire and violence, it boasted an advanced, prosperous Mediterranean civilization with hinged doors, flush toilets, and magnificent palaces. Historian Bettany Hughes takes up the lost Minoans, who flourished 5,000 years ago and spawned the legend of the half-man, half-bull Minotaur. How did the Minoans live, and what brought this great society to such a sudden, obscure end? Modern archaeology offers tantalizing clues.

Agora

Formato: Cinema (em exibição)

Ano: 2009-Dez-10 (Portugal)

Synopsis: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria. (IMDb)