Marc Antony and Cleopatra (1913)
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.
Director: Enrico Guazzoni
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Gianna Terribili-Gonzales as Cleopatra |
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Amleto Novelli as Marcantonio |
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Ignazio Lupi as Augustus Caesar Ottaviano |
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Elsa Lenard as Ottavia |
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Matilde Di Marzio as La schiava Agar aka Charmian |
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Ruffo Geri as Il capo dei congiurati |
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Ida Carloni Talli as La strega |
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Bruto Castellani as |
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Giuseppe Piemontesi as |
| Directing | Enrico Guazzoni | Director |
| Camera | Alessandro Bona | Director of Photography |
