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Caesar and Cleopatra

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6.1/10 • 56

1945-12-112h 18m

DramaHistoryComedy

The most lavish picture ever on the screen!

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

Directors
Gabriel Pascal
Writters
George Bernard Shaw
Editors
George Bernard Shaw, Frederick Wilson

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  1. Claude Rains

    Claude Rains

    Julius Caesar

  2. Vivien Leigh

    Vivien Leigh

    Cleopatra

  3. Stewart Granger

    Stewart Granger

    Apollodorus

  4. Flora Robson

    Flora Robson

    Ftatateeta

  5. Francis L. Sullivan

    Francis L. Sullivan

    Pothinus

  6. Basil Sydney

    Basil Sydney

    Rufio

  7. Cecil Parker

    Cecil Parker

    Britannus

  8. Raymond Lovell

    Raymond Lovell

    Lucius Septimus

  9. Anthony Eustrel

    Anthony Eustrel

    Achillas

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CinemaSerf

Jul 1, 2022

6/10

A gloriously spectacular but rather soulless adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's telling of the relationship between Julius Caesar - an engagingly mischievous effort from Claude Rains and the young and ostensibly inexperienced Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh). The story depicts the games he plays with her, and then she - more successfully - with him as their unlikely romance blossoms and an intricate power play takes shape. Cecil Parker and and on-form Flora Robson bring some vitality to the project, but otherwise this features a really rather stilted screenplay and whilst Stewart Granger does his best to inject some action into this verbose theatrical enterprise, it never really exceeds the sum of it's parts. Great to look at though. The costumes and sets are first class but it's not quite got the vigour to carry it all off.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
egyptroman empirebased on play or musicalcleopatrahistorical figurejulius caesar