Caesar and Cleopatra ( original title: Caesar and Cleopatra) is a British film directed by Gabriel Pascal , released in 1945 .
Synopsis
In the i st century BC. J.-C. , Julius Caesar , in pursuit of his rival Pompey , arrives in Egypt at the head of an army. Called to take sides in the rivalry between the Egyptian ruler and his younger sister, Cleopatra , he ended up making her the queen of Egypt.
Technical sheet
- Original title: Caesar and Cleopatra
- Director and producer: Gabriel Pascal
- Scenario: after a play in 1901 by George Bernard Shaw
- Photography: Jack Cardiff , Jack Hildyard , Robert Krasker , Freddie Young and Edward Scaife (cameraman)
- Costumes: Oliver Messel , assisted by Margaret Furse
- Genre: Historical Movie
- Duration: 122 minutes
- Released: December 11, 1945
Distribution
- Vivien Leigh : Cleopatra VII
- Claude Rains : Caesar
- Stewart Granger : Apollodorus
- Flora Robson : Ftatateeta
- Francis L. Sullivan : Potinus
- Basil Sydney : Rufio
- Cecil Parker : Britannus
- Raymond Lovell : Lucius Septimus
- Michael Rennie : Centurion Quayside
- Jean Simmons : A harpist
- Kay Kendall : A slave
- John Laurie : first assistant-sentry
- Ernest Thesiger : Theodotus
Not credited:
- Roger Moore : A Roman soldier
- Cathleen Nesbitt : An Egyptian