Rating:
6.1/10 by 56 users
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
Directing:
- Gabriel Pascal
- George Bernard Shaw
Release Date:
Tue, Dec 11, 1945
Rating: 6.1/10 by 56 users
Alternative Title:
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 18 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: egypt, roman empire, based on play or musical, cleopatra, historical figure, julius caesar
Rating: 6.1/10 by 56 users
Alternative Title:
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 18 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: egypt, roman empire, based on play or musical, cleopatra, historical figure, julius caesar
Claude Rains
Julius Caesar
Vivien Leigh
Cleopatra
Stewart Granger
Apollodorus
Flora Robson
Ftatateeta
Francis L. Sullivan
Pothinus
Basil Sydney
Rufio
Cecil Parker
Britannus
Raymond Lovell
Lucius Septimus
Anthony Eustrel
Achillas
Ernest Thesiger
Theodotus
Anthony Harvey
Ptolemy
Robert Adams
Nubian Slave
Olga Edwardes
Cleopatra's Lady Attendant
Stanley Holloway
Belzanor
Michael Rennie
1st Centurion
Esme Percy
Major Domo
Leo Genn
Bel Affris
Alan Wheatley
Persian
Charles Victor
1st Porter
Ronald Shiner
2nd Porter
John Laurie
1st. Auxiliary Sentinel
James McKechnie
2nd. Centurion
Anthony Holles
Boatman
John Bryning
Sentinel
Charles Rolfe
2nd. Auxiliary Sentinel
Felix Aylmer
1st. Nobleman
Ivor Barnard
2nd. Nobleman
Valentine Dyall
1st. Guardsman
Charles Deane
2nd. Guardsman
B.Q. Alakija
Ethiopian Dancer (uncredited)
Chick Alexander
Major Domo's Attendant (uncredited)
Hylton Allen
Councillor (uncredited)
Renée Asherson
Iras (uncredited)
Marie Ault
Egyptian Lady (uncredited)
Peter Bayliss
Aide to Mithridates (uncredited)
André Belhomme
Boatman (uncredited)
Agnes Bernelle
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
June Black
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Mary Boyle
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Dorothy Bramhall
Lady (uncredited)
Bernard Bright
Ethiopian Dancer (uncredited)
Olwen Brookes
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Ena Burrill
Egyptian Lady (uncredited)
Mihalis Kakogiannis
Councillor (uncredited)
Alice Calvert
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Cecil Calvert
Councillor (uncredited)
Bob Cameron
Bucinator (uncredited)
Jill Carpenter
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Gerald Case
Roman Tax Officer (uncredited)
O.B. Clarence
Egyptian (uncredited)
Paul Croft
Councillor (uncredited)
Jackie Daniels
Lady (uncredited)
Ronald Davidson
Roman Officer (uncredited)
Anna Davis
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Daphne Day
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Bernard de Gautier
Assistant Palace Official (uncredited)
Nantando de Villiers
Fan Girl (uncredited)
Roy Ellett
Councillor (uncredited)
Lilla Erulkar
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Margaret Fernald
Lady (uncredited)
Ingrid Forrest
Dancer (uncredited)
Harold Franklyn
Boatman (uncredited)
Toni Gable
Lady (uncredited)
Gordon Gantry
Roman Officer (uncredited)
Renee Gilbert
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Babette Griffin
Lady (uncredited)
Kathleen Harrison
Egyptian Woman (uncredited)
Margaret Harvey
Lady (uncredited)
Michael Martin Harvey
Councillor (uncredited)
Billy Holland
Roman Officer (uncredited)
Jean Hulley
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Hamilton Humphries
Auxiliary Roman Sentinel (uncredited)
Moya Iles
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Basil Jayson
Mithridates (uncredited)
Virginia Keiley
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Frederick Kelsey
Senator (uncredited)
Gerhard Kempinski
Angry Boatman (uncredited)
Kay Kendall
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Don Kenito
Singing Boatman (uncredited)
Rita Lancaster
Lady (uncredited)
Harry Lane
Councillor (uncredited)
Hilda Lawrence
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Alan Lewis
Councillor (uncredited)
Peter Lilley
Roman Officer (uncredited)
Leonard Llewellyn
Palace Official (uncredited)
Peter Lord
Special Roman Centurian (uncredited)
George Luck
Councillor (uncredited)
Mary Macklin
Lady (uncredited)
H.F. Maltby
Councillor (uncredited)
Zena Marshall
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)
Gibb McLaughlin
High Priest (uncredited)
Barry Meaton
Councillor (uncredited)
Mary Midwinter
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Roma Milne
Fan Girl (uncredited)
Charles Minor
Boatman (uncredited)
Anne Moore
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Roman Soldier (uncredited)
Cathleen Nesbitt
Egyptian Lady (uncredited)
Shaun Noble
Aide to Achillas (uncredited)
Louise Nolan
Lady (uncredited)
Charles Paton
Councillor (uncredited)
Ingrid Puxon
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Jean Richards
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
Princess Roshanara
Lady (uncredited)
Roy Russell
Councillor (uncredited)
Anne Sassoon
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Jean Simmons
Harpist (uncredited)
Eve Smith
Fan Girl (uncredited)
Don Stannard
Roman Officer (uncredited)
Russell Thorndike
Harpist's Master (uncredited)
Ludwig von Wohl
Palace Official (uncredited)
Abdul Wahab
Cleopatra's Attendant (uncredited)
C. Jervis Walter
Councillor (uncredited)
Wilfred Walter
Councillor (uncredited)
Mackenzie Ward
Councillor (uncredited)
Jeanee Williams
Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
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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