Product Details

• Actors: Ben Kingsley, Liam Neeson, Timothy West, F. Murray Abraham, Rene Auberjonois
• Directors: Carl Byker, Cassian Harrison, Douglas Cheek, Margaret Koval, Michael Chin
• Writers: Carl Byker
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Run Time: 780 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000E0LLOU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,489 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Empires - Great Religions: People and Passions That Changed the World" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

EMPIRES: GREAT RELIGIONS is a compilation of five outstanding stories of some of history’s greatest religions and religious figures. This DVD collection includes: Islam: Empire of Faith, Martin Luther, Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites, Peter & Paul: The Making of the Christian Revolution and Warriors.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful historical documentaries, November 5, 2007

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Woman Worrier (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empires - Great Religions: People and Passions That Changed the World (DVD)

These videos really surprised me. I got them because I wanted to
learn more about history. I had vague notions about things like
the Reformation, Crusades, etc. but had never gotten a good
solid overview. These videos provided me a great overview. I learned
tons about history. What surprised me was how beautiful some of the
videos' cinematography and re-enactments were. Especially the one on
Martin Luther which I watched several times. The only negative thing
I can think of about these videos is that they might not be very
interesting to someone who already knows a lot about history.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Documentary Collection, March 15, 2011

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Carsten Cumbrowski "Carsten aka Roy/SAC & Cir... (Fresno, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Empires - Great Religions: People and Passions That Changed the World (DVD)

I can only repeat what I wrote in the review to the other PBS Empires DVD collection:
Empires Collection - The Dynasties (Egypt's Golden Empire / The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance / Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire / The Roman Empire in the First Century / The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization)

The PBS Empires series of Documentaries is among my favorite of all time. Each of the 2-3 hours long titles brings individual episodes of human history to life in an as much as entertaining as educational fashion through original images of locations and objects, re-enactments as well as great original music. I have not seen a PBS Empires title that wasn't great and only regret that they made too few of them over the years.

This collection is also great, although the price is not as good as a bargain as for the other set, which is over $20 cheaper and provides over 200 minutes more content.

What the Amazon.com product description is lacking is the information, which of the PBS Empires series titles are actually part of this DVD set. Well, here is the list:

1. Empires - Islam: Empire of Faith (3 Episodes) ca. 160 min (2000)
2. Empires - Martin Luther (2 Episodes) ca. 110 min (2002)
3. Empires - The Kingdom of David - The Saga of the Israelites (4 Episodes) ca. 220 min (2003)
4. Empires - Peter & Paul and the Christian Revolution (2 Episodes) ca. 110 min (2003)
5. Empires - Holy Warriors: Richard the Lionheart & Saladin (1 Episode) ca. 90 min (2005)