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Elizabeth Taylor | Cleopatra |
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Richard Burton | Marcus Antonius |
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Rex Harrison | Julius Caesar |
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Roddy McDowall | Octavian |
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Martin Landau | Rufo |
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Hume Cronyn | Sosigenes |
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Andrew Keir | Agrippa |
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Kenneth Haigh | Brutus |
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George Cole | Flavius |
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Pamela Brown | High Priestess |
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Francesca Annis | Eiras |
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Grégoire Aslan | Pothinus |
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Peter Grant | Palace Guard |
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Martin Benson | Ramos |
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Robert Stephens | Germanicus |
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Carroll O'Connor | Casca |
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Cesare Danova | Apollodorus |
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Martin Landau | Rufio |
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Roddy McDowall | Augustus |
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Richard Burton | Mark Antony |
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Herbert Berghof | Theodotos |
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Walter Wanger | Producer |
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Alex North | Original Music Composer |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Director |
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Dorothy Spencer | Editor |
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Darryl F. Zanuck | Director |
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Rouben Mamoulian | Director |
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Ben Hecht | Writer |
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Ranald MacDougall | Writer |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Writer |
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Sidney Buchman | Writer |
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Dorothy Spencer | Editing |
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Elmo Williams | Editing |
The film opens in 48 BC shortly after the Battle of Pharsalus where Julius Caesar has defeated Pompey. Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra.Caesar pursues and meets the teenage Ptolemy and the boy's advisers, who seem to do most of the thinking for him. As a gesture of 'goodwill', the Egyptians present Caesar with Pompey's head, but Caesar is not pleased; it is a sorry end for a worthy foe. As Caesar settles in at the palace, Apollodorus, disguised as a rug peddler, brings a gift from Cleopatra. When a suspicious Caesar unrolls the rug, he finds Cleopatra herself concealed within and is intrigued. Days later, she warns Caesar that her brother has surrounded the palace with his soldiers and that he is vastly outnumbered. Caesar is unconcerned. He orders the Egyptian fleet burned so he can gain control of the harbor. The fire spreads to the city, burning many buildings, including the famous Library of Alexandria. Cleopatra angrily confronts Caesar, but he refuses to pull troops away from the fight with Ptolemy's forces to deal with the fire. In the middle of their spat, Caesar begins kissing her.The Romans hold, and the armies of Mithridates arrive on Egyptian soil. The following day, Caesar passes judgment. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra, and rules that Ptolemy and his tutor be sent to join Ptolemy's now greatly outnumbered troops, a sentence of death as the Egyptian army faces off against Mithridates. Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. She dreams of ruling the world with Caesar. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.
Theatrical : 1963-06-12 : United States of America
Theatrical : 1963-07-31 : United Kingdom
Theatrical : 1963-09-05 : Argentina
Theatrical : 1963-09-25 : France
Theatrical : 1963-10-11 : Finland
Theatrical : 1963-10-24 : West Germany
Theatrical : 1963-11-02 : Japan
Theatrical : 1963-11-18 : Sweden
Theatrical : 1963-12-02 : Spain
Theatrical : 1963-12-05 : Australia
Theatrical : 1963-12-06 : Australia
Theatrical : 1964-01-30 : Italy
Theatrical : 1964-04-29 : Denmark
Theatrical : 1964-11-06 : Norway
Theatrical : Turkey
Theatrical : 1977-02-12 : Japan
Theatrical : Soviet Union
DVD : 2006-02-07
DVD : 2001-04-03
2009-02-10 : Germany
2010-04-25 : United States of America