The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
Julius Caesar
Cleopatra
Apollodorus
Ftatateeta
Pothinus
Rufio
Britannus
Lucius Septimus
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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