Biography
Filmography
..Things
Are
Looking
Up
..The
Village
Squire
..Gentleman's
Agreement
..Look
Up
and
Laugh
..Fire
Over
England
..Dark
Journey
..Storm
in
a
Teacup
..Twenty-One
Days
..A
Yank
at
Oxford
..Sidewalks
of
London
..Gone
With
the
Wind
..Waterloo
Bridge
..That
Hamilton
Woman
..Caesar
and
Cleopatra
..Anna
Karenina
..A
Streetcar
Named
Desire
..The
Deep
Blue
Sea
..The
Roman
Spring
of
Mrs.
Stone
..Ship
of
Fools
Stage
Appearances
Photo
Gallery
1
Photo
Gallery
2
etc.
1946
Synopsis:
Julius
Caesar
visits
Alexandria,
Egypt,
and
is
accompanied
by
a
small
army
brought
along
to
stop
a
civil
war
in
the
mysterious
country.
After
first
meeting
Cleopatra,
she
amuses
Caesar;
he
is
drawn
to
the
twenty-four
year
old
woman,
whom
he
first
sees
in
45
B.C.
Despite
almost
being
a
queen
of
Egypt,
Cleopatra
must
listen
to
the
dictates
of
her
nurse
Ftatateeta;
worse
still,
she
is
further
dominated
by
her
chief
minister,
Pothinus.
To
prepare
her
to
become
queen
of
Egypt,
Caesar
educates
Cleopatra,
so
that
she
may
one
day
take
power
and
be
responsible
for
whatever
she
does.
In
the
midst
of
his
tutelage,
the
Egyptian
fleet
has
been
set
on
fire,
the
flames
spreading
to
the
great
library
of
Alexandria.
After
Theodotus,
a
known
Egyptian
intellectual,
asks
Caesar
that
the
library
be
spared,
he
gives
the
mad
permission
to
use
the
Egyptian
army
to
stop
the
conflagration.
With
these
troops
out
of
the
way,
Caesar
and
his
right
arm
Rufio
head
for
the
lighthouse
of
Alexandria,
one
of
the
seven
wonders
of
the
ancient
world.
Coming
along
is
a
handsome
Sicilian
named
Apollodorus
who
has
brought
with
him
a
very
valuable
rug,
in
which
Cleopatra
has
been
wrapped
inside
and
will
be
presented
to
Caesar
as
a
gift.
Ultimately,
Cleopatra’s
enemies
are
vanquished;
Caesar
must
defeat
her
brother
Ptolemy.
Ptolemy,
not
only
Cleopatra’s
brother
is
also
her
husband.
Caesar
conquers
the
boy
king,
and
Cleopatra
rids
herself
of
her
enemy,
Pothinus,
by
having
Ftatateeta
commit
the
murder.
Ftatateeta,
in
turn,
becomes
a
murder
victim
at
the
hands
of
Rufio,
since
he
fears
the
woman
poses
a
threat
to
Caesar.
Having
Cleopatra
safely
on
the
throne
and
with
Egypt
finally
at
peace,
he
leaves
and
will
soon
send
Antony,
his
lieutenant,
to
come
and
see
her.
However,
Caesar
will
soon
fall
victim
to
the
daggers
of
assassins.
Notes:
Cast:
| 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 |
| Harda Swanhilde | .... | Cleopatra's Lady Attendant |
| Michael Rennie | .... | Quayside Centurion |
Directed
By:
Gabriel
Pascal
Writing
Credits:
George
Bernard
Shaw
(also
play)
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