Cleopatra ( Cleopatra ) is an American film directed by Cecil B. DeMille , released in 1934 .
Synopsis
This film focuses on the love life of Cleopatra , who first loved Julius Caesar , then his general, Marc Antoine . She committed suicide after the conquest of Egypt by Octavian , the grand-nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar .
Technical sheet
- Title: Cleopatra
- Original title: Cleopatra
- Director: Cecil B. DeMille
- Script: Bartlett Cormack (in) , Waldemar Young and Vincent Lawrence
- Production: Cecil B. DeMille
- Production Company: Paramount Pictures
- Photography: Victor Milner , assisted by William C. Mellor (cameraman, uncredited)
- editing: Anne Bauchens (uncredited)
- Music: Rudolph G. Kopp and Milan Roder (uncredited)
- Artistic Direction: Roland Anderson and Hans Dreier (uncredited)
- Costumes: Travis Banton , Ralph Jensen and Mitchell Leisen
- Distribution: Paramount Pictures
- Country of origin: United States
- Language: English
- Format: Black and White – Sound: Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
- Genre: Historical Movie
- Duration: 100 minutes
- Release dates:
- United States :
- France :
- United Kingdom :
Distribution
- Claudette Colbert : Cleopatra
- Warren William : Julius Caesar
- Henry Wilcoxon : Marc Antoine
- Joseph Schildkraut : Herod
- Ian Keith : Octave
- Gertrude Michael : Calpurnia
- Charles Aubrey Smith : Enobardus
- Irving Pichel : Apollodore
- Arthur Hohl : Brutus
- Edwin Maxwell : Casca
- Ian Maclaren : Cassius
- Leonard Mudie : Pothinos
- Grace Durkin : Iras
- Claudia Dell : Octavia
- Harry Beresford : The diviner
- William Farnum : Lepidus
- Lionel Belmore : Fidius
- Florence Roberts : Lady Flora
- Celia Ryland : Lady Leda
- Robert Warwick : General Achillas
- George Walsh : A messenger
And, among the uncredited actors:
- Edmund Burns : A Roman
- John Carradine : A Roman officer
- Mary MacLaren : A Roman
- David Niven : A slave
Around the film
- This film was nominated for the Oscars in 1934, but was grab the five most beautiful Oscar by the film It Happened One Night of Frank Capra , with Claudette Colbert in leading actress also. Clint Eastwood refers to this ceremony in his film The Exchange ( Changeling ).
- When Cleopatra came out in 1934, a scent of scandal surrounds the film, caused by the minimalist costumes of actress Claudette Colbert – who revealed much of her anatomy – and by scenes “daring” for the time. The censorship code Hays , whose goal was to put an end to the many scandals tarnishing the image of Hollywood by including restrictions on nudity and violence in the cinema, had just been voted; director Cecil B. DeMille took the opportunity to “spice up” his film as it was still possible 1 , but scenes had to be cut.