Caesar and Cleopatra
1945 film by Gabriel Pascal
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Summary
Caesar and Cleopatra is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,901 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Gabriel Pascal[3]
- Screenwriter: George Bernard Shaw[4]
- Composer: Georges Auric[5]
- Genre: romantic comedy[6], drama film[7]
- Based on: Caesar and Cleopatra[8]
- Cast member: Claude Rains[9], Vivien Leigh[10], Stewart Granger[11], Flora Robson[12], Francis L. Sullivan[13], Cecil Parker[14], Anthony Harvey[15], Michael Rennie[16], Stanley Holloway[17], Leo Genn[18], Renée Asherson[19], Jean Simmons[20], Roger Moore[21], Basil Sydney[22]
- Producer: Gabriel Pascal[23]
- Director of photography: Jack Cardiff[24], Jack Hildyard[25], Robert Krasker[26], Freddie Young[27]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
- Distribution format: video on demand[29]
- Review score: 80%[30]
- Color: color[31]
- Country of origin: United Kingdom[32]
- Publication date: January 1, 1945[33]
- Characters: Cleopatra[34], Julius Caesar[35], Apollodorus the Sicilian[36], Pothinus[37], Lucius Septimius[38], Theodotus of Chios[39], Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator[40]
- Distributed by: Eagle-Lion Films[41], Netflix[42]
- Narrative location: Egypt[43]
- Film editor: Frederick Wilson[44]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color[45]
- Title: Caesar and Cleopatra[46]
- After a work by: George Bernard Shaw[47]
- Different from: Caesar and Cleopatra[48]
- Duration: 129 minutes[49]
Why It Matters
Caesar and Cleopatra has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]