Caesar and Cleopatra (1946)
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George Bernard Shaw adapted his own play for the screen in this blithe film version of the romance between Caesar (Claude Rains) and Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh). Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra are merely Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle cast back into ancient times with Caesar doting with admiration and burgeoning love upon Cleopatra and expostulating, "You have been growing up since the Sphinx introduced us the other night." The story is a simple one concerning Caesar instructing Cleopatra on how to act like a queen. But Cleopatra is left cold by Caesar and his blatherings. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vivien Leigh, Claude Rains, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gabriel Pascal
Synopsis of Caesar and Cleopatra
George Bernard Shaw adapted his own play for the screen in this blithe film version of the romance between Caesar (Claude Rains) and Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh). Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra are merely Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle cast back into ancient times with Caesar doting with admiration and burgeoning love upon Cleopatra and expostulating, "You have been growing up since the Sphinx introduced us the other night." The story is a simple one concerning Caesar instructing Cleopatra on how to act like a queen. But Cleopatra is left cold by Caesar and his blatherings. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of Caesar and Cleopatra
- Vivien Leigh - Cleopatra
- Stewart Granger - Apollodorus
- Francis L. Sullivan - Pothinus
- Basil Sydney - Rufio
- Anthony Harvey - Ptolemy
- Leo Genn - Bel Affiris
- Jean Simmons - Harpist
- Andre Belhomme - Boatman
- Gibb McLaughlin - High Priest
- Charles Victor - First Porter
- Ronald Shiner - 2nd Porter
- James McKechnie - Wounded Centurion
- Charles Deane - Guardsman
- John Bryning - Quayside Sentinel
- Renée Ashershon - Iras
- Charles Rolfe - Second Auxiliary Sentinel
- Hylton Allen - Councillor
- Esme Percy - Major Domo
- Alan Wheatley - Persian
- Valentine Dyall - First Guardsman
- Claude Rains - Julius Caesar
- Flora Robson - Ftatateeta
- Ernst Thesiger - Theodotus
- Cecil Parker - Britannus
- Anthony Eustrel - Achillas
- Olga Edwardes - Cleopatra's Lady Attandent
- Gerhardt Kempinski - Angry Boatman
- Anthony Holles - Vociferous Boatman
- Stanley Holloway - Belzanor
- Felix Aylmer - 1st Nobleman
- Russell Thorndike - Harpist's Master
- Raymond Lovell - Lucius Septimus
- Gerald Case - Roman Tax Officer
- Ivor Barnard - 2nd Nobleman
- Robert Adams - Nubian Slave
- Peter Bayliss - A.D.C. to Mithridates
- Shaun Noble - A.D.C. to Achillas
- John Laurie - First Auxiliary Sentinel
- Marie Ault - Egyptian Lady
- Michael Rennie - Quayside Centurion
- Director(s):
- Gabriel Pascal
- Writer(s):
- Marjorie Deans, George Bernard Shaw
- Producer(s):
- Gabriel Pascal, Lord J. Arthur Rank
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