Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)

NR12/11/1945Drama, History, Comedy2h 18m
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The most lavish picture ever on the screen!

Overview

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Claude Rains

    Julius Caesar

  2. Cast 1

    Vivien Leigh

    Cleopatra

  3. Cast 1

    Stewart Granger

    Apollodorus

  4. Cast 1

    Flora Robson

    Ftatateeta

  5. Cast 1

    Francis L. Sullivan

    Pothinus

  6. Cast 1

    Basil Sydney

    Rufio

  7. Cast 1

    Cecil Parker

    Britannus

  8. Cast 1

    Raymond Lovell

    Lucius Septimus

  9. Cast 1

    Anthony Eustrel

    Achillas

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 bes...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

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