Iconic Leaders - 5-DVD Set ( "Battles BC" Alexander: Lord of War / "Battles BC" Caesar: Super Siege / "Biography" Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union / "Biography" Theodore Roosevelt / "Biography" Vladimir Lenin: Voice of Revolution / FDR: A Presidency Revealed / "Biography" Adolf )

Iconic Leaders - 5-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: "Battles BC" Alexander: Lord of War / "Battles BC" Caesar: Super Siege / "Biography" Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union / "Biography" Theodore Roosevelt / "Biography" Vladimir Lenin: Voice of Revolution / FDR: A Presidency Revealed / "Biography" Adolf
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
780 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Collectors Edition
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1962-2009 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
David Padrusch
Bill Harris
Jack Haley Jr.
Diane Lechtiz
Alan Landsburg

Written By:
David Padrusch
Ron Marans
Nicolas Noxon
Bob Niemack
David C. Taylor
Al Ramrus
Kara Dusenbury
Anthony Potter
Jack Haley Jr.
Alan Landsburg
Carl Rube
Irwin Rosten

Actors:
Drew Taylor ..... Alexander The Great
Dragos Berghia ..... Porus' Son
Daz Crawford ..... King
Bryan McGowan ..... Various
Brad C. Wilcox ..... Greek Warrior
Brian Danner ..... Vercingetorix
Jeff Odachowski ..... Caesar
Mike Wallace ..... Narrator
Grand Duchess Anastasia ..... Self
Grand Duchess Marie ..... Self
Grand Duchess Olga ..... Self
Grand Duchess Tatiana ..... Self
Vladimir Lenin ..... Self
Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov ..... Self
Harlan Saperstein ..... Narrator (creditOnly)
Tsar Nicholas II ..... Self
Tsarina Alexandra ..... Self
Edward Herrmann ..... Narrator
Marian Anderson ..... Self
Neville Chamberlain ..... Self
Winston Churchill ..... Self
Robert Dallek ..... Self
Thomas J. Fleming ..... Self
Martin Gilbert ..... Self
Doris Kearns Goodwin ..... Self
Adolf Hitler ..... Self
Herbert Hoover ..... Self
David M. Kennedy ..... Self
Iosif Stalin ..... Self
Clement Attlee ..... Self
Omar N. Bradley ..... Self
Alan Brooke ..... Self
Anthony Eden ..... Self
Dwight D. Eisenhower ..... Self
Averell Harriman ..... Self
King George VI ..... Self
George C. Marshall ..... Self
Vyacheslav Molotov ..... Self
Bernard L. Montgomery ..... Self
Queen Elizabeth II ..... Self
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother ..... Self
Erwin Rommel ..... Self
Franklin D. Roosevelt ..... Self
Harry S. Truman ..... Self
John Kennedy Jr. ..... Self
John F. Kennedy ..... Self
Stephen J. Spignesi ..... Self

Synopsis:

"Battles BC" Alexander: Lord of War: Having conquered Egypt and archenemy Persia, the Greek emperor Alexander and his ambition look further east to India. As his forces encounter diverse adversaries they develop new tactics to add to their portfolio. But Alexander was unprepared for the incredible number of soldiers a confederation of Indian kingdoms could lead into battle. "Battles BC" Caesar: Super Siege: Julius Caesar's brutal conquest of Gaul is interrupted by a new leader, Vercingetorix, who believes the Tribes of Gaul are ready to unite and drive the Romans out. But in a ruse Caesar traps Vercingetorix in Alesia and devises innovative methods to lay siege to the city. Then the siege is interrupted by the arrival of Comanus with reinforcements setting the stage for a massive, bloody battle. "Biography" Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Union: This episode of Biography tells the complete story of Abraham Lincoln, from the rustic childhood that forged his beliefs to the tough campaign that made him president. "Biography" Theodore Roosevelt. "Biography" Vladimir Lenin: Voice of Revolution: Marxist revolutionary, born in Simbirsk, West Russia. He studied at Kazan and St Petersburg, where he graduated in law. From 1897 to 1900 he was exiled to Siberia for participating in underground revolutionary activities. At the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (1903), he caused the split between the Bolshevik and Menshevik factions. Following the February 1917 revolution, he returned to Petrograd (St Petersburg) from Zurich, and urged the seizure of political power by the proletariat under the slogan "All Power To The Soviets". In October 1917 he led the Bolshevik revolution and became head of the first Soviet government. He aimed, above all, to maintain the Revolution and to pit the power of the new Soviet regime against domestic and foreign enemies. With Trotsky, he brought it successfully through the ensuing Civil War (1918?21), after which he introduced the New Economic Policy, restoring a market economy and some of the pluralism that characterized the early years of the Soviet government. His critics in the Party saw it as a "Compromise With Capitalism" and a retreat from strictly Socialist planning. On his death, his body was embalmed and placed in a mausoleum near the Moscow Kremlin. In 1924 Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in his honour, but since the collapse of Communism the city is once more St Petersburg; similarly, Simbirsk was renamed Ulyanovsk during that period. Some historians regard Lenin's early ideas as similar to those of Stalin. FDR: A Presidency Revealed: For twelve years he stood as America's 32nd President, a man who overcame the ravages of polio to pull America through the Great Depression and WWII. From his legendary Fireside Chats to his sweeping New Deal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt revolutionized the American way of life. FDR: A PRESIDENCY REVEALED examines one of history's most compelling figures. Inspired by his cousin Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to the nation's highest office during the depths of one of its darkest periods. A man of few words, he brought a nation together through his revolutionary Fireside Chats. He introduced vast reforms like Social Security and work relief for the unemployed. At the same time, his administration hid a dark underbelly teeming with covert maneuvers, spy rings, and powerful enemies. "Biography" Adolf Hitler: Part 1. Hitler and Stalin: Roots of Evil: Exploring the minds of two of the 20th century's most brutal dictators and mass murderers, Adolf Hitler & Joseph Stalin. Based on recent psychological and medical studies, this program explores the personalities of these ruthless leaders, who were directly responsible for around sixty millions of deaths, their paranoia, suspiciousness, cold blooded actions and lack of human feeling. "Biography" Winston Churchill: The Final Victory. "Biography" Mao Tse-Tung: For 25 years Mao Zedong ruled one quarter of the world's population. This is the extraordinary story of a farmer's son who became a God in his life time but in private never shook off his peasant roots; a man who presided over one of the most radical experiments in social reform ever seen in human history but who will be remembered as one of the bloodiest dictators of the twentieth century. This program--told through the accounts of those who have met and studied him, loved and loathed him--includes archive film and pictures going back to the very earliest days of Mao's life, as well as unique film of China at the turn of the century and during key episodes in Mao's communist revolution. It includes harrowing and eye-witness accounts of such momentous events as the cultural revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the most severe man-made famine ever recorded. "Biography" Mao Tse-Tung: For 25 years Mao Zedong ruled one quarter of the world's population. This is the extraordinary story of a farmer's son who became a God in his life time but in private never shook off his peasant roots; a man who presided over one of the most radical experiments in social reform ever seen in human history but who will be remembered as one of the bloodiest dictators of the twentieth century. This program--told through the accounts of those who have met and studied him, loved and loathed him--includes archive film and pictures going back to the very earliest days of Mao's life, as well as unique film of China at the turn of the century and during key episodes in Mao's communist revolution. It includes harrowing and eye-witness accounts of such momentous events as the cultural revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the most severe man-made famine ever recorded. "Biography" Fidel Castro. "Biography" John F. Kennedy Jr.: Child of a Dream. "Biography" Mikhail Gorbachev: A Man Who Changed the World: In an unforgettable, candid interview, Gorbachev tells of his long rise to power and reflects on the sweeping changes his reforms brought to his nation.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 22 July, 2022.