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Ovid: The Poet and the Emperor

20171h MovieDocumentary

Michael Wood explores the life, works and influence of one of the world's greatest storytellers who died 2,000 years ago. When an Elizabethan literary critic said that the witty soul of Ovid lived on in 'honey tongued Shakespeare', they…

DirectorRebecca Dobbs

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Cast · Directed by Rebecca Dobbs

Michael Wood

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