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The War That Never Ends

5.019911h 10mMovieDramaHistoryDocumentary

The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broadcast-like monologues by Theucydides, Plato, and others.

DirectorJack Gold
WriterJohn Barton
ProducersMichael Kustow·Eleni Cubitt

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Cast · Directed by Jack Gold

JBJohn Bennett
John Bennett
Corcyran Representative
DCDavid Calder
David Calder
Cleon
ODOliver Ford Davies
Oliver Ford Davies
Melian Representative
DHDon Henderson
Don Henderson
Socrates
JHJonathan Hyde
Jonathan Hyde
Corinthian Representative
AKAndrew Keir
Andrew Keir
Archidamus
SKSara Kestelman
Sara Kestelman
Presenter (voice)
BKBen Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
Pericles
MKMichael Kitchen
Michael Kitchen
2nd Athenian Representative
DL
David Lyon
Camarinean Representative
AMAlec McCowen
Alec McCowen
Thucydides
SMStephen Moore
Stephen Moore
1st Athenian Representative

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