Format: TV Series (60 min) | Genre: Geschichte, Drama, Biographie | Sprache: Englisch
Young Alexander Hamilton arrives and tries to rise in the American society despite having nothing but a dream and threats of the emerging Revolutionary War.
Ia small ship from the West Indies arrives in Boston harbor. The Western Indian Ocean is a long and dangerous trip, but it is worth it as on board are some of the rarest spices to be found anywhere in the world. As people gather around on land to watch as cargo being unloaded from the ship, a YOUNG MAN stood out amongst all others with his impressive appearance and his confident manner of speaking. He comes aboard with the merchant crew but he isn't their captain or an officer by rank; instead he looks like a hungry man with high ambitions to reinvent himself on the new continent. No one knows at that time that the ambitious man is ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
"I want to be like those great men before me: Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. They had risen from humble beginnings to become two of the most powerful people on Earth."
Young Hamilton says, determined.
A bold statement for a young boy who just lands in Boston harbor. To stay true to the promise, he studies day and night and soon excels in Law School at Columbia University in New York City. His character is full of opportunity and his work ethic a high sense of urgency.
THREE YEARS LATER
Then --
the Revolutionary War starts as rebels show resistence against the rule of the British crown.
British troops invade the ports of major American cities. And the young rebel Alexander Hamilton quits Law School and joins enthusiastically the militia "Hearts of Oaks". The British troops and the Revolutionary troops meet at Princeton.
COMMANDER
(booming voice)
Carry on! Take this city for America!
The sky darkens. An eerie fog engulfes everything around Hamilton. Clanks of swords rang in his ears.
Suddenly --
A moment of silence, shrouding the hounted town. No more clanking swords. No more growls of dying men. Until --
Boom! - An explosion pierces through his ears.
After making a brief stand, the British fall back, some leaving Princeton, and others taking up refuge in Nasssau Hall. It is Hamilton who brings hree cannons up and has hem fire upon the building. Then, some Americans rush the front door, and break it down. The British subsequently put a white flag outside one of the windows. The first success in his long journey within the American Military.
For showing great bravery, Hamilton eventually receives an invitation he felt he could not refuse: to serve as GEORGE WASHINGTON'S aide. This changes Hamilton's way in a fundamental way.
The most important job of General George Washington's chief aide is to make sure the general knew what his staff needs. Alexander Hamilton is not an officer anymore, but he has a special connection with General Washington. He serves as his right-hand man and handles letters to Congress, state governors, and the most powerful generals of the Continental Army; draftes many of Washington's orders and letters at the latter's direction; issues orders from Washington over Hamilton's own signature.
Now, the young man Hamilton is at the center of the American Revolution and determined to become a great man.
The philosophy of “The Heart of a Rebel” reflects the philosophy of the American Founding Fathers. On a small scale it is about the development of the protagonist Alexander Hamilton through a constant strive for self improvement as well as in the larger picture the sacrifice for the newborn country. These two qualities: the focus on self improvement and the sense of duty for the country, are the character trades all Founding Fathers have in common. And Alexander Hamilton shows these qualities than no one else. Furthermore, independent will of a determined soul.
Alexander Hamilton possesses nothing but a big dream as he lands in the USA. He has no education, no military training and no contacts in North America. Despite all these setbacks, with his courage and persistence, he is able to fight his way up into America's elite and change American politics forever. -Hamilton's story shows that with an independent will of a determined soul, a person can achieve anything he wants.