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Caesar and Cleopatra

Year:

1946

Duration:

138 min | USA:123 min | USA:128 min (Encore-Action Library Print) | Argentina:129 min

Genres:

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Gabriel Pascal

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1946-09-06

Filming Locations: Egypt

Cast

Actor

Character

Ernest Thesiger

Caesar and Cleopatra

Claude Rains

Julius Caesar

Vivien Leigh

Cleopatra

Stewart Granger

Apollodorus

Flora Robson

Ftatateeta

Francis L. Sullivan

Pothinus

Basil Sydney

Rufio

Cecil Parker

Britannus

Raymond Lovell

Lucius Septimus

Anthony Eustrel

Achillas

Anthony Harvey

Ptolemy

Robert Adams

Nubian Slave

Olga Edwardes

Cleopatra's Lady Attendant

Harda Swanhilde

Cleopatra's Lady Attendant

Michael Rennie

Quayside Centurion

James McKechnie

Second Centurion

Esme Percy

Major Domo

Stanley Holloway

Belzanor

Leo Genn

Bel Affris

Alan Wheatley

Persian

Anthony Holles

Boatman

Charles Victor

First Porter

Ronald Shiner

Second Porter

John Bryning

Sentinel

John Laurie

First Auxiliary Sentinel

Charles Rolfe

Second Auxiliary Sentinel

Felix Aylmer

First Nobleman

Ivor Barnard

Second Nobleman

Valentine Dyall

First Guardsman

Charles Deane

Second Guardsman

Renée Asherson

Iras

Jean Simmons

Harpist

Russell Thorndike

Harpist's Master

B.Q. Alakija

Ethiopian Dancer (uncredited)

Chick Alexander

Major Domo's Attendant (uncredited)

Hylton Allen

Councillor (uncredited)

Marie Ault

Egyptian Lady (uncredited)

Peter Bayliss

Aide to Mithridates (uncredited)

André Belhomme

Boatman (uncredited)

Agnes Bernelle

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

June Black

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Mary Boyle

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Dorothy Bramhall

Lady (uncredited)

Bernard Bright

Ethiopian Dancer (uncredited)

Olwen Brookes

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Ena Burrill

Egyptian Lady (uncredited)

Alice Calvert

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Cecil Calvert

Councillor (uncredited)

Bob Cameron

Bucinator (uncredited)

Jill Carpenter

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Gerald Case

Roman Tax Officer (uncredited)

Paul Croft

Councillor (uncredited)

Jackie Daniels

Lady (uncredited)

Ronald Davidson

Roman Officer (uncredited)

Anna Davis

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Daphne Day

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Bernard de Gautier

Assistant Palace Official (uncredited)

Nantando de Villiers

Fan Girl (uncredited)

Roy Ellett

Councillor (uncredited)

Lilla Erulkar

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Margaret Fernald

Lady (uncredited)

Ingrid Forrest

Dancer (uncredited)

Harold Franklyn

Boatman (uncredited)

Toni Gable

Lady (uncredited)

Gordon Gantry

Roman Officer (uncredited)

Renee Gilbert

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Babette Griffin

Lady (uncredited)

Kathleen Harrison

Egyptian Woman (uncredited)

Margaret Harvey

Lady (uncredited)

Michael Martin Harvey

Councillor (uncredited)

Billy Holland

Roman Officer (uncredited)

Jean Hulley

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Hamilton Humphries

Auxiliary Roman Sentinel (uncredited)

Moya Iles

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Basil Jayson

Mithridates

Mihalis Kakogiannis

Councillor (uncredited)

Virginia Keiley

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Gerhard Kempinski

Angry Boatman (uncredited)

Kay Kendall

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Don Kenito

Singing Boatman (uncredited)

Rita Lancaster

Lady (uncredited)

Harry Lane

Councillor (uncredited)

Hilda Lawrence

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Alan Lewis

Councillor (uncredited)

Peter Lilley

Roman Officer (uncredited)

Leonard Llewellyn

Palace Official (uncredited)

Peter Lord

Special Roman Centurian (uncredited)

George Luck

Councillor (uncredited)

Mary Macklin

Lady (uncredited)

H.F. Maltby

Councillor (uncredited)

Zena Marshall

Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Gibb McLaughlin

High Priest (uncredited)

Barry Meaton

Councillor (uncredited)

Mary Midwinter

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Roma Milne

Fan Girl (uncredited)

Charles Minor

Boatman (uncredited)

Anne Moore

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Roger Moore

Roman Soldier (uncredited)

Cathleen Nesbitt

Egyptian Lady (uncredited)

Shaun Noble

Aide to Achillas (uncredited)

Louise Nolan

Lady (uncredited)

Charles Paton

Councillor (uncredited)

Ingrid Puxon

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Jean Richards

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Princess Roshanara

Lady (uncredited)

Roy Russell

Councillor (uncredited)

Anne Sassoon

Slave Girl (uncredited)

Eve Smith

Fan Girl (uncredited)

Don Stannard

Roman Officer (uncredited)

Ludwig von Wohl

Palace Official (uncredited)

Abdul Wahab

Cleopatra's Attendant

C. Jervis Walter

Councillor (uncredited)

Wilfred Walter

Councillor (uncredited)

Mackenzie Ward

Councillor (uncredited)

Jeanee Williams

Lady in Waiting (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Film debut of Peter Bayliss.

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It was the last film version of a George Bernard Shaw play made during his lifetime. His verdict afterward on Vivien Leigh's performance: "She's not right at all".

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The role of Caesar was originally offered to John Gielgud, who turned it down because he detested Gabriel Pascal.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, very strong multiple shadows in different directions give away the locations of very close stage lights.

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Caesar refers to his nose as "rather long" and "a Roman nose," but the idea of a "Roman nose" was not introduced until almost 150 years later, when the Emperor Hadrian erected statues of his favorite, Antinous, throughout the Empire (where many of the people had never seen a Roman), and Antinous's long nose was taken as typical of Romans (even though Antinous was a Greek).

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In Caesar's first scene, he appears under a night sky full of clouds and bright stars. The clouds don't move at all and the stars shine bright through them, giving away the fact it's a painted backdrop with lights. Also, very strong shadows exist giving away the use of stage lighting.

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Quotes

Julius Caesar: Go, Ptolemy. Always take a throne when it is offered to you.

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Apollodorus: When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares it his duty.

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Julius Caesar: What's the matter?

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