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11/12/1945 Drama, History, Comedy 2h 18m
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Overview

At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.

  1. George Bernard Shaw

    Writer

  2. Gabriel Pascal

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Claude Rains

    Julius Caesar

  2. Vivien Leigh

    Cleopatra

  3. Stewart Granger

    Apollodorus

  4. Flora Robson

    Ftatateeta

  5. Francis L. Sullivan

    Pothinus

  6. Basil Sydney

    Rufio

  7. Cecil Parker

    Britannus

  8. Raymond Lovell

    Lucius Septimus

  9. Anthony Eustrel

    Achillas

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-01
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...read the rest
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