Cleopatra (1963)
Nel 50 a.C. in Egitto, re Tolomeo ripudia la sorella Cleopatra cacciandola da Alessandria. Giulio Cesare, dopo aver sconfitto Pompeo al termine di una cruenta guerra civile interviene personalmente e tramite la sua autorità destituisce Tolomeo dalla carica di faraone e nomina Cleopatra unica sovrana d'Egitto. Il rapporto tra i due è molto forte e con il passare del tempo diventa passionale. Cleopatra da a Cesare un figlio, Cesarione; ma questa situazione non è ben vista a Roma dove i senatori temono per le sorti della repubblica. Cesare difatti, vuole il potere assoluto; una volta eletto imperatore egli potrà nominare suo figlio come legittimo erede.
Direttore:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Scrittori:
Sidney Buchman, Ranald MacDougall, Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
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Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra |
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Richard Burton as Marcus Antonius |
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Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar |
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Pamela Brown as High Priestess |
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George Cole as Flavius |
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Hume Cronyn as Sosigenes |
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Cesare Danova as Apollodorus |
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Kenneth Haigh as Brutus |
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Andrew Keir as Agrippa |
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Martin Landau as Rufio |
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Roddy McDowall as Octavian - Caesar Augustus |
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Robert Stephens as Germanicus |
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Francesca Annis as Eiras |
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Grégoire Aslan as Pothinus |
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Martin Benson as Ramos |
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John Doucette as Achillas |
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Michael Hordern as Cicero |
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John Hoyt as Cassius |
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Carroll O'Connor as Casca |
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Andrew Faulds as Canidius |
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Michael Gwynn as Cimber |
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Peter Grant as Palace Guard (uncredited) |
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Marne Maitland as Euphranor |
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Richard O'Sullivan as Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII |
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Gwen Watford as Calpurnia |
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Douglas Wilmer as Decimus |
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Marie Devereux as Bacchanal Reveler |
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Herbert Berghof as Theodotos |
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Jacqueline Chan as Lotos |
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Isabel Cooley as Charmian |
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Mike Steen as Minor Role |
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Finlay Currie as Titus (uncredited) |
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Meri Welles as Cleopatra's Handmaiden |
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Peter Forster as Officer |
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John Alderson as Roman Officer (uncredited) |
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John Alderton as 1st Officer (uncredited) |
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Jeremy Kemp as Agitator (uncredited) |
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Desmond Llewelyn as Senator (uncredited) |
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Jean Marsh as Octavia (uncredited) |
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Laurence Naismith as Arachesilaus (uncredited) |
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Larry Taylor as Roman Officer (uncredited) |
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Ben Wright as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Sound | Bernard Freericks | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Ray Kellogg | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Stuart Lyons | Casting Consultant |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Murray Spivack | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Directing | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Director |
| Writing | Sidney Buchman | Screenplay |
| Editing | Dorothy Spencer | Editor |
| Sound | Alex North | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Peter Levathes | Executive Producer |
| Art | Boris Juraga | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ranald MacDougall | Screenplay |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Production | Walter Wanger | Producer |
| Art | Maurice Pelling | Art Direction |
| Art | Hilyard M. Brown | Art Direction |
| Writing | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
| Art | Herman A. Blumenthal | Art Direction |
| Art | Elven Webb | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vittorio Nino Novarese | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto De Rossi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renié | Costume Design |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Giovanni Natalucci | Set Designer |
| Art | Paul S. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Art | John DeCuir | Production Design |
| Camera | Franco Di Giacomo | Camera Operator |
| Production | C.O. Erickson | Production Manager |
| Production | Forrest E. Johnston | Production Manager |
| Directing | Fred R. Simpson | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Bob Penn | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
| Directing | Elaine Schreyeck | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Ferdinand Bellan | Scenic Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivienne Walker | Hairstylist |
| Art | Don Picton | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Gerry Fisher | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Ray Austin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Writing | Carlo Maria Franzero | Book |
| Camera | Larry Shaw | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene Sharaff | Costume Design |
| Writing | Plutarch | Original Story |
| Writing | Suétone | Original Story |
| Writing | Appian | Original Story |
| Visual Effects | Shaun Whittacker-Cook | Modeling |