Top billed cast

1. 

   Charlton Heston

   Marc Antony

2. 

   Hildegard Neil

   Cleopatra

3. 

   Eric Porter

   Enobarbus

4. 

   John Castle

   Octavius Caesar

5. 

   Fernando Rey

   Lepidus

6. 

   Juan Luis Galiardo

   Alexis

7. 

   Carmen Sevilla

   Octavia

8. 

   Freddie Jones

   Pompey

9. 

   Peter Arne

   Menas

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-09

Whilst this is a really quite good looking version of the Shakespeare tragedy, it's the overly wordy adaptation that drags it down. What director Charlton Heston and his writing team seem to failed to appreciate is that much of the original text was designed to complement the simplicity of the stage. With an whole gamut of visuals for us to enjoy, much of the original dialogue is rendered superfluous, and abridging that is the challenge that fails this production. Essentially, it picks up just after the assassination of Julius Caesar with Lepidus (Fernando Rey), Octavian (John Castle) and Marc...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,600,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• cleopatra
• ancient rome
• 1st century