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Alexander: The Making of a God

★ 5.6 14K votes 2024–present 1 season · 6 episodes Ended Netflix
Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 10/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 8/10DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 8/10Royalty & aristocracyCourts, crowns and dynasties.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Souad FaressBuck BraithwaiteWill StevensMido HamadaDino KellyAlain Ali Washnevsky
Starring
Souad FaressBuck BraithwaiteWill StevensMido HamadaDino KellyAlain Ali Washnevsky
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"Ancient conquest reenacted, then fact-checked by scholars"

This docuseries blends dramatic reenactments with historian interviews to trace Alexander the Great's rise from Macedonian prince to conqueror of much of the known world. Expect lavish battle scenes and palace intrigue cut against academic talking heads explaining context and debating his legacy. The pace alternates between sweeping spectacle and slower expository stretches, and the tone leans earnest rather than irreverent. It works best as a visual primer on ancient history rather than a tightly plotted drama, carried more by scale and curiosity about the man than by narrative tension.

Watch it for

the ambitious mix of cinematic battle sequences with expert historical commentary.

Maybe skip if

you dislike documentary segments interrupting dramatic momentum repeatedly.

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Season 12024
6.14K63h 53m
Expert interviews and gripping reenactments combine to reveal the extraordinary life of Alexander the Great and his burning desire to conquer the world.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Boy King6.0
72144 min
▶2Death or Victory6.2
70038 min
▶3Face to Face6.2
54438 min
▶4The Golden Empire6.2
53238 min
▶5The Living God6.1
51038 min
▶6A World Still to Conquer5.8
77937 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Souad Faress Oracle
Buck Braithwaite Alexander
Will Stevens Hephaestion
Mido Hamada Darius
Dino Kelly Ptolemy
Alain Ali Washnevsky Mazaeus
Waleed Elgadi Bessus
Agni Scott Stateira
Jadran Malkovich Parmenion
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Self - Cardiff University, Wales

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