United Kingdom
1945
128 minutes
Color
1.33:1
English
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.
| Cleopatra | Vivien Leigh |
| Julius Caesar | Claude Rains |
| Apollodorus | Stewart Granger |
| Pothinus | Francis L. Sullivan |
| Rufio | Basil Sydney |
| Ftatateeta | Flora Robson |
| Director | Gabriel Pascal |
| Screenplay | George Bernard Shaw |
| Producer | Gabriel Pascal |
| Cinematography | Jack Cardiff, Jack Hildyard, Robert Krasker and Freddie Young |
| Editing | Frederick Wilson |
| Music | Georges Auric |
| Custom... | John Bryan |
| Art directors | Oliver Messel |
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