Marc Antony and Cleopatra

Based loosely on Shakespeare's play, Plutarch's "Life of Antony", and Pietro Cossa's dramatic poem, "Cleopatra", this movie was spectacular for its time. It offers location shots made in Italy and Egypt, large crowd scenes (e.g., the Roman army embarking in Alexandria), lots of emotional drama (Marc Antony & Cleopatra, his wife Octavia, sister of Antony's rival Octavian, unhistorically coming to Alexandria to beg him to return to her, and some mean, mean looks exchanged between Octavia and Cleopatra.

Cast

Gianna Terribili-Gonzales Cleopatra Amleto Novelli Marcantonio Ignazio Lupi Augustus Caesar Ottaviano

Elsa Lenard Ottavia

Matilde Di Marzio La schiava Agar aka Charmian Ruffo Geri Il capo dei congiurati Ida Carloni Talli La strega Bruto Castellani Giuseppe Piemontesi

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