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Cleopatra [1963 film] (1963)

by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Director), Appian (Writer), Sidney Buchman (Screenwriter), Carlo Mario Franzero (Author), Ben Hecht (Writer)3 more, Ranald MacDougall (Writer), Rouben Mamoulian (Director), Plutarch (Writer)

Other authors: Francesca Annis (Actor), Pamela Brown (Actor), Richard Burton (Mark Antony), George Cole (Actor), Hume Cronyn (Actor)12 more, Cesare Danova, Kenneth Haigh, Rex Harrison (Julius Caesar), Michael Hordern (Actor), John Hoyt (Actor), Andrew Keir, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall (Octavian August), Alex North (Composer), Carroll, O'Connor (Actor), Robert Stephens, Elizabeth Taylor (Cleopatra)

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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this epic-spectacle; its opulence and sweeping grandeur have never been more glorious. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Cleopatra, the glamorous and cunning queen of Egypt. To secure her hold on power, she seduces the rulers of Rome, only to meet her match in Marc Antony, played by Richard Burton. Their passionate romance could decide the fate of the world's greatest empires.… (more)
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Visually spectacular, and Burton is very good, but the movie is more pompous than good. ( )
  isiswardrobe | Mar 20, 2006 |
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  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
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The epic saga of legendary Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt, and her attempt to stabilize her power and gain control of the Roman Empire. When Caesar visits Egypt, Cleopatra gains control by ousting her brother with his help. She marries Caesar, and bears him the son fate had previously denied him. Joining him in Rome--to ensure that the boy takes his rightful place after his father--her plans are thwarted when Caesar is assassinated and she must flee. Years later Marc Antony, proconsul of the eastern half of the empire, seeks an alliance with Egypt to impede Octavian's quest to become Emperor. Cleopatra and Antony become lovers and form a military alliance, but are forced to retreat after losing a major naval battle at Actium. Avoiding capture and disgrace, they take their own lives.
 

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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Mankiewicz, Joseph L.Directorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
AppianWritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Buchman, SidneyScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Franzero, Carlo MarioAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Hecht, BenWritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
MacDougall, RanaldWritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Mamoulian, RoubenDirectormain authorall editionsconfirmed
PlutarchWritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Annis, FrancescaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brown, PamelaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Burton, RichardMark Antonysecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cole, GeorgeActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cronyn, HumeActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Danova, Cesaresecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Haigh, Kennethsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Harrison, RexJulius Caesarsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hordern, MichaelActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hoyt, JohnActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Keir, Andrewsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Landau, Martinsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McDowall, RoddyOctavian Augustsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
North, AlexComposersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
O'Connor, Carroll,Actorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stephens, Robertsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Taylor, ElizabethCleopatrasecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this epic-spectacle; its opulence and sweeping grandeur have never been more glorious. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Cleopatra, the glamorous and cunning queen of Egypt. To secure her hold on power, she seduces the rulers of Rome, only to meet her match in Marc Antony, played by Richard Burton. Their passionate romance could decide the fate of the world's greatest empires.

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