Films in Classics
at the College of Charleston

OMT = Office of Media and Technology

LL = Language Laboratory

DC = Department of Classics*

DE = Department of English

Ancient Greek Literature: Epic

• Akropolis. 1988 (60 min.). Synthesis of Homer and the Bible in a contemporary setting. #2844. (originally in Polish)
  
• Homer. The Iliad (Classics on cassette). Narr. Derek Jacobi, Maria Tucci. Tr. R. Fagels. #914. (Some tapes missing/damaged as of 6/97.)
  

Ancient Greek Literature: Drama

• Sophocles. Oedipus the King. c. 1975 (45 min., in an ancient theatre, with masks). #1023.
  
• Sophocles. Oedipus Rex (= Edipo Re). c. 1990 (110 min., in Italian, with English subtitles) Dir. Pasolini. #2651.
  
• Sophocles. Antigone. c. 1988. (88 min., in Greek, with English subtitles). #2476.
  
• Sophocles. Antigone. Rights of Passion. 1990 (85 min.). #2833.
  
• Sophocles. Electra. c. 1987 (101 min.). #1752.
  
• Euripides. Medea. (100 min., in ancient Greek with English subtitles). #1326.
  
• Euripides. Iphigenia. c. 1977 (127 min.). Dir. M. Cacoyannis. #1299.
  
• Greek Fire Series. Part 5. Tragedy. (26 min.) #2165.
  
• Aristophanes. Women in Power. Plautus. The Braggart Warrior. c. 1988 (58 min.) #2445.
  

Ancient Greek Myth and Religion

• Greek Fire Series. Part 2. Myth. (26 min.) #2165.
  
• Mythos: The Shaping of Our Western Tradition. Psyche and Symbol. 1996 (55 min.) #0000 (we have only Part I, of five parts).
  
• Also see Greek Literature: Epic, Drama
  
• Also see Greek Culture and History (e.g. The Greek Temple)
  

Ancient Greek Myth: Modern Adaptations

• Black Orpheus. c. 1959 (103 min., in Portuguese, with English subtitles) #1627.
  
• Desire under the Elms. c. 1958 (114 min.) #1433.
  
• Jean Cocteau's Orpheus. c. 1949 (86 min., French with English subtitles). Jean Marais, dir. Jean Cocteau.
  
• Phedre. c. 1985 (90 min., in French, with English subtitles.) #1635. (recording of very poor quality)
  

Ancient Greek Culture and History: Cinema

• The Name of the Rose. c. 1986 (128 min.) #1454.
  

Ancient Greek Culture and History

• Minoan Civilization. c. 1993 (60 min.) #2624.
  
• Crete and Mycenae. c. 1986 (54 min.) #1240.
  
• The Greek Temple. c. 1982 (54 min.) #1239.
  
• The Ancient Olympics: Athletes, Games, & Heroes. c. 1996 (55 min.) #2880.
  
• Greek Fire Series. 10 Parts (26 min. each) #2165.
  Source, Myth, Politics, Sex, Tragedy, Architecture, Science, Art, Ideas, War.
  
• The Trial of Socrates. Man adn the State. c. 1982 (29 min.) #2741. (we have only part VI)
  
• The Western Tradition. Tapes 3-4 and 8 (=Parts 5-8 and 15-16). #1728.
  The Rise of Greek Civilization, Greek Thought, Alexander the Great, The Hellenistic Age, The Byzantine Empire, The Fall of Byzantium.
  
• Art of the Western World Series. Tape 1, Part 1. c. 1989 (30 min.) #1707.
  The Classical Ideal: Greece.
  
• The Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition Series. Part 1, Lessons 1-7, 10-11. Part 2, Lesson 1. #2034.
  Introduction to Philosophy, Presocratics, Plato's Republic, Plato's Symposium, Aristotle's Metaphysics, Aristotle's Politics, Paul and the New Testament, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Augustine's City of God.
  
• The Day the Universe Changed. Part 1. It Started with the Greeks. c. 1986 (26 min.) #2623.
  

Roman Literature: Drama

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 1966 (100 min.). Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton. Score by Ken Thorne. #2694.
  
• Aristophanes. Women in Power. Plautus. The Braggart Warrior. c. 1988 (58 min.) #2445.
  
• Roman Drama (slide kit). (was once on the books, but now seems to be missing.)
  

Roman Civilization and History

• Age of Cicero (slide kit). (was once on the books, but now seems to be missing.)
  
• Golden Age of Rome (slide kit). (was once on the books, but now seems to be missing.)
  
• I, Claudius. c. 1991. Parts 1-13 (60 min. ea.). #2612.
  
• The Roman Arena. c. 1993 (50 min.) #2318.
  
• The Western Tradition. Tapes 5-7 (= Parts 9-14). (30 min. ea.) #1728.
  The Rise of Rome, The Roman Empire, Early Christianity, The Rise of the Church, The Decline of Rome, The Fall of Rome
  
• Art of the Western World Series. Tape 1, Part 2. c. 1989 (30 min. ea.) #1707.
  The Classical Ideal: Rome.
  
• The Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition Series. Part 1, Lessons 10-11. Part 2, Lesson 1. #2034.
  Paul and the New Testament, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, Augustine's City of God.
  
• Trajan's Column. c. 1989 (50 min.) #1756.
  

Roman Civilization and History: Cinema

• Ben-Hur. A Tale of the Christ. 1926 (148 min., silent). Ramon Navarro. #2690.
  
• Ben-Hur. 1959 (212 min.). Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith, Dir. William Wyler. #2689.
  
• Caesar and Cleopatra. c. 1946 (129 min.). Based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. #2791.
  
• Cleopatra. 1963 (246 min.). Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Corroll O'Connor. Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. #2697.
  
• The Life of Brian. 1979 (94 min.). Monty Python. #2028.
  

Roman Civilization and History: Shakespeare

• Antony and Cleopatra. c. 1972 (160 min.). Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil. #1799.
  
• Julius Caesar. c. 1970 (116 min.). John Gielgud, Charlton Heston, Jason Robards. #1291.
  
• Titus Andronicus. c. 1984 (120 min.). Eileen Atkins, Tervor Peacock. BBC Production. #2089.
  
• Coriolanus. (145 min.). #2328.
  

Ancient Manuscripts

• Scribes, Scholars, and Saints. Pt. 1-3. 1993 (26 min. each). #2509.
  Pt. 1. The Art of Celtic Manuscripts.
  Pt. 2. The Art of Celtic Manuscripts. The Book of Durrow.
  Pt. 3. The Art of Celtic Manuscripts. The Book of Kells.
  
• The Lindisfarne Gospels. A Masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon Book Painting. 1995 (35 min.) #2569.
  

Ancient Greek Literature: Epic

• Greek Epic: The Iliad and Odyssey (40 min., color). #C0607.
  
• Helen of Troy. c. 1955 (141 min.). Rossana Parker, Jack Sernas. Dir. Robert Wise. #C0624.
  
• Jason and the Argonauts. 1963 (104 min.). #C0614.
  
• Ulysses (=Ulisse). 1955 (104 min.). Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn. (Lost as of 11/11/99)
  

Ancient Greek Literature: Drama

• Aristophanes: Women in Power. Plautus: The Braggart Warrior (58 mins., color). #C0602.
  
• Medea. 1959 (107 min., B&W). Judith Anderson, Colleen Dewhurst. #C0618.
  

Ancient Greek Culture and History: Cinema

• Alexander the Great. 1955 (135 min.). Richard Burton, Fredric March, Claire Bloom. #C0602.
  
• Hercules (Le Tatiche di Ercole). 1958. (105 min.). Steeve Reeves, Sylva Koscina. Dir. Pietro Francisci. #C0623.
  

Ancient Greek Culture and History

• Perseus. Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greece. CD Rom (in the office of Jonathan Fenno, 3-5485).
  
  Ancient Greek Language
  
  • The Iliad of Homer. The Living Voice of Greek and Latin. Read by Stephen G. Daitz. (24 tapes in 4 parts).
    
  • Perseus. Interactive Sources and Studies on Ancient Greece. CD Rom (in the office of Jonathan Fenno, 3-5485).
    
  
  

Roman Literature: Epic

• The Aeneid. vol. 1, parts 1 & 2 (18 min.), vol. 2, parts 3 & 4 (16 min.). A superficial and sometimes inaccurate summary, illustrated by modern drawings. #C0626, C0627.
  

Roman Literature: Drama

• Aristophanes: Women in Power. Plautus: The Braggart Warrior (58 mins., color) #C0602.
  
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. 1966 (100 min.). Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Jack Gilford, Buster Keaton. Score by Ken Thorne. #C0606.
  

Roman Civilization and History

• Colosseum. Secrets of Lost Empires. Nova. 1997 (60 min.). #C0619.
  
• Rome. The Ultimate Empire. Time Life's Lost Civilizations. 1995 (48 min.). #C0620.
  

Roman Civilization and History: Cinema

• Cabiria. 1914 (123 min., silent, with English intertitles). #IO204.
  
• Cleopatra. 1934 (100 min.). Claudette Colbert. Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. #C0603.
  
• Demetrius and the Gladiators. 1954 (101 min.). Susan Hayward, Victor Mature, Jay Robinson, Ernest Borgnine. #C0616.
  
• The Fall of the Roman Empire. 1964 (187 min.). Sophia Loren, Alec Guiness. #C0604, C0605.
  
• Jesus Christ, Superstar. 1973 (108 min.). Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman. Based on the play by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber. Dir. Norman Jewison.
  
• Masada. 1981 (ca. 125 min.). Peter O'Toole, Peter Strauss. #C0617.
  
• Quo Vadis. 1912 (45 min., silent, with English intertitles). Dir. Enrico Guazzoni. The quality of the sound and picture is acceptable, but this particular release was cropped in an incompetent manner, so that much of the picture is actually missing.
  
• Quo Vadis. 1951 (171 min.). Peter Ustinov, Leo Genn, Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor. #C0610, 611.
  
• The Rape of the Sabines. ? (95 min.). Roger Moore. #C0620.
  
• The Sign of the Cross. 1932 (125 min.). Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton. Director and Producer: Cecil B. DeMille. Screenplay: Waldemar Young, Sidney Buckman. Based on the play by Wilson Barrett.
  
• Spartacus. 1960 (196 min.). Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. #C0612, 613.
  
• Il Vangelo Secondo Matteo. 1964 (142 min., in Italian, with English subtitles). Dir. Pasolini. #I0221.
  

Latin Language

• The Pronunciation and Reading of Classical Latin: A Practical Guide. Stephen G. Daitz. (2 tapes: 20 min. + 27 min.; 29 min. + 29 min.).
  

Modern Greek Language and Culture

• Greek Language and People. BBC. 5 Vol., 10 Parts (50 min. each vol.).
  

Ancient Greek Literature: Drama

• Aeschylus. Agamemnon. (90 min., color). The National Theatre of Great Britain. $249 for the trilogy in 1996.
  
• Aeschylus. Libation Bearers. (70 min., color). The National Theatre of Great Britain.
  
• Aeschylus. The Furies. (70 min., color). The National Theatre of Great Britain.
  
• Sophocles. Oedipus the King (120 min., color). BBC & Films for the Humanities. Michael Pennington, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom. $449 for the trilogy in 1996.
  
• Sophocles. Antigone (120 min., color). Juliet Stevenson, John Shrapnel, John Gielgud. BBC & Films for the Humanities.
  
• Sophocles. Oedipus at Colonus (120 min., color). Anthony Quayle, John Shrapnel, Juliet Stevenson. BBC & Films for the Humanities. (x2)
  
• All the World's A Stage. Part 1. Enter Dionysus (60 min.).
  

Ancient Greek Myth and Religion

• Gods and Heroes of Greece and Rome. Part 1. The Gods (20 min.). Part 2. The Heroes. Educational Video Network.
  
• Also see Ancient Greek Literature: Drama
  
• Also see Ancient Greek Culture and History (Kultur. Vol. 2. Bacchus, The God of Wine / Firewalking)
  

Ancient Greek Culture and History

• Kultur. Dir. Zinon Ramos. Ancient Greece (60 min. each vol.)
  Vol. 1. Art in Ancient Greece / Mining in Ancient Greece.
  Vol. 2. Bacchus, The God of Wine / Firewalking in Greece.
  
• Kultur. Dir. Zinon Ramos. Macedonia. The Land of a God.
  Vol. 1. Aina, Aiges, Dion & Pella (120 min.). #C0608.
  Vol. 2. Amphipolis, Philippi & Thessaloniki (90 min.). #C0609.
  
• Great Cities of the Ancient World. Life, Times and Wonders of ....
  Athens and Ancient Greece (70 min.).
  The Pyramids and the Cities of the Pharoahs (75 min.).
  
• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (60 min.). Questar Video.
  

Roman Literature: Drama

• All the World's A Stage. Part 2. Now Comes My Comedy (60 min.).
  

Roman Civilization and History

• Great Cities of the Ancient World. Life, Times and Wonders of ....
  Rome and Pompeii (60 min.)
  

Roman Civilization and History: Cinema

• Cabiria. 1914 (123 min., silent) (laserdisc owned privately by Jeff Johnson, English).
  
• Ben-Hur. A Tale of the Christ. 1926 (148 min., silent). Ramon Navarro.
  
• Ben-Hur. 1959 (212 min.). Charlton Heston, Hugh Griffith. Dir. William Wyler (laserdisc).
  
• Fellini's Satyricon. 1969 (129 min.).
  
• Julius Caesar. M. Brando.
  

Music and the Classics

• Julius Caesar. Handel (laserdisc).
  
• La Clementia di Tito. Mozart (laserdisc).
  
  

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