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A Queen for Caesar

Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.

Top Cast

  • Pascale Petit

    Pascale Petit

    Cleopatra

  • Gordon Scott

    Gordon Scott

    Julius Caesar

  • George Ardisson

    George Ardisson

    Achillas

  • Rik Battaglia

    Rik Battaglia

    Lucius

  • Corrado Pani

    Corrado Pani

    Ptolemy

  • Franco Volpi

    Franco Volpi

    Apollodorus

  • Ennio Balbo

    Ennio Balbo

    Theodotus

  • Nerio Bernardi

    Nerio Bernardi

    Scaurus

  • Aurora de Alba

    Aurora de Alba

    Rabis

Overview

Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her.

Rating

5.4 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 May 29, 2023

    I wonder if Elizabeth Taylor watched this before she took on the role played here by Pascale Petit one year later? I can't think she would have gained much from the rather wooden effort presented of this most enigmatic of women from history. Sharing the throne with her brother "Ptolemy" (an enthusiastic Corrado Pani) has proved just too awkward for all and so the scheming Theodotus (Ennio Balbo) plots a regime change. This forces our heroine and her protector Apollodorus (Franco Volpi) to take urgent action that sees her end up in the camp of Pompeii (Akim Tamiroff) who has some scheming of his own to do to outwit Caesar (Gordon Scott). Were the acting just a bit more natural and better, this wouldn't be half bad. Effort has been made on the look of the film. The sets and the costumes are effective and the combat scenes are pretty entertaining fayre. It's just that Petit and the even more static "Lucius" (Rik Battaglia) drive the fun and chemistry from the thing quickly and permanently. You don't expect Pulitzer prize writing but again, just a little more application with the typewriter could have made a big difference. Still, I did actually quite enjoy it and I like the genre. If you do, too, then it's certainly worth a gander.

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