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Alphabet: The Story of Writing (1980)
Directed by Jeremy Bennett
Documentary · 1h 56m
Calligrapher Donald Jackson presents an historical overview of the alphabet from the cave paintings of primitive man more than 35,000 years ago to the stylus and wax tablets of the Romans and the Egyptians' hieroglyphics.
Cast
Susannah York
Crew
- Director
- Jeremy Bennett
- Director of Photography
- Peter Middleton, Robert McShane
- Original Music Composer
- Hilary Roberts
- Editor
- Roger Guertin
- Producer
- Jeremy Bennett
Details
- Release date
- 1980-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN