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Caesar and Cleopatra

Gabriel Pascal

United Kingdom

1945

138 minutes

Color

1.33:1

English

Synopsis

Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains pop off the screen in vivid Technicolor in Gabriel Pascal’s version of Shaw’s 1901 play about love and politics in ancient Rome and Egypt. At the time the most expensive British film ever produced (complete with real imported Egyptian sand), Caesar and Cleopatra is a lavish epic, featuring standout performances by its two stars.

Cast

CleopatraVivien Leigh
Julius CaesarClaude Rains
ApollodorusStewart Granger
FtatateetaFlora Robson
PothinusFrancis L. Sullivan
RufioBasil Sydney

Credits

DirectorGabriel Pascal
ScreenplayGeorge Bernard Shaw
ProducerGabriel Pascal
CinematographyJack Cardiff, Jack Hildyard, Robert Krasker and Freddie Young
EditingFrederick Wilson
MusicGeorges Auric
Custom...John Bryan
Art directorsOliver Messel

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