Summary
Cleopatra is a British-American romantic film drama first released in 1963,
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown and George Cole.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Script: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall, Sidney Buchman, Plutarch, Suetonius, Appian, Carlo Mario Franzero, Ben Hecht
- Photo: Leon Shamroy, Jack Hildyard
- Music: Alex North
- Cast: Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra), Richard Burton (Antony), Rex Harrison (Caesar), Pamela Brown (High Priestess), George Cole (Flavius), Hume Cronyn (Sosigenes), Cesare Danova (Apollodorus), Kenneth Haigh (Brutus), Andrew Keir (Agrippa), Martin Landau (Rufio), Roddy McDowall (Octavian – Caesar Augustus), Robert Stephens (Germanicus), Francesca Annis (Eiras, Cleopatra’s handmaiden), Grégoire Aslan (Pothinus), Martin Benson (Ramos), Herbert Berghof (Theodotos), John Cairney (Phoebus), Jacqui Chan (Lotos, royal taster), Isabel Cooley (Charmian), John Doucette (Achillas), Andrew Faulds (Canidius), Michael Gwynn (Cimber), Michael Hordern (Cicero), John Hoyt (Cassius), Marne Maitland (Euphranor), Carroll O’Connor (Casca), Richard O’Sullivan (Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII), Gwen Watford (Calpurnia), Douglas Wilmer (Decimus), Elisabeth Welch (Children’s nurse (scenes deleted)), John Alderton (1st Officer), Ronald Allen, John Alvar (Valvus), Audrey Anderson, María Badmajew, Michèle Bailly, Marina Berti (Queen at Tarsus), Salvatore Billa (Egyptian Slave), Bruna Caruso, Finlay Currie (Titus), Rod Dana (One of Caesar’s entourage), Marie Devereux (Bacchanal reveler), Peter Forster (2nd Officer), John Frederick (Captain Palace Guard), María Luz Galicia, John Gayford (Guard), Peter Grant (Palace guard), Rosalba Grottesi (Cleopatra’s servant), Rupert John (Bit Part), John Karlsen (High Priest), Jeremy Kemp (Agitator), Maureen Lane, Margaret Lee, Desmond Llewelyn (Senator), Calvin Lockhart (Bit Role), Loris Loddi (Caesarion at Age 4), Jean Marsh (Octavia), Kathy Martin, Luigi Martocci (Marcellus), Gesa Meiken, Furio Meniconi (Mithridates), Simon Mizrahi, Violeta Montenegro (Dancer), Boris Nacinovic (Gladiator), Laurence Naismith (Arachesilaus), Kenneth Nash (Caesarion at Age 12), John Pepper (Caesarion), Paola Pitagora (Cleopatra’s servant), Michela Roc (Cleopatra’s servant), Del Russel (Caesarion at Age 7), Sandra Scarnati (Cleopatra’s servant), Mike Steen (Undetermined Role), Jack Taylor (Bit Part), Meri Welles (Cleopatra’s Handmaiden), Ben Wright (Narrator)
- Country: UK / USA / Switzerland
- Language: English
- Runtime: 192 min
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