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4.8 1h 14m

Marc Antony and Cleopatra

Based loosely on Shakespeare's play, Plutarch's "Life of Antony", and Pietro Cossa's dramatic poem, "Cleopatra", this movie was spectacular for its time. It offers location shots made in Italy and Egypt, large crowd scenes (e.g., the Roman army embarking in Alexandria), lots of emotional drama (Marc Antony & Cleopatra, his wife Octavia, sister of Antony's rival Octavian, unhistorically coming to Alexandria to beg him to return to her, and some mean, mean looks exchanged between Octavia and Cleopatra.

Top Cast

  • Gianna Terribili-Gonzales

    Gianna Terribili-Gonzales

    Cleopatra

  • Amleto Novelli

    Amleto Novelli

    Marcantonio

  • Ignazio Lupi

    Ignazio Lupi

    Augustus Caesar Ottaviano

  • Elsa Lenard

    Elsa Lenard

    Ottavia

  • Matilde Di Marzio

    Matilde Di Marzio

    La schiava Agar aka Charmian

  • Ruffo Geri

    Ruffo Geri

    Il capo dei congiurati

  • Ida Carloni Talli

    Ida Carloni Talli

    La strega

  • Bruto Castellani

    Bruto Castellani

  • Giuseppe Piemontesi

    Giuseppe Piemontesi

Overview

Based loosely on Shakespeare's play, Plutarch's "Life of Antony", and Pietro Cossa's dramatic poem, "Cleopatra", this movie was spectacular for its time. It offers location shots made in Italy and Egypt, large crowd scenes (e.g., the Roman army embarking in Alexandria), lots of emotional drama (Marc Antony & Cleopatra, his wife Octavia, sister of Antony's rival Octavian, unhistorically coming to Alexandria to beg him to return to her, and some mean, mean looks exchanged between Octavia and Cleopatra.

Rating

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