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Caesar and Cleopatra is a British film of genre Drama directed by Gabriel Pascal released in USA on 6 september 1946 with Claude Rains
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
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Add to a movie listCaesar and Cleopatra is a 1945 British Technicolor film directed by Gabriel Pascal and starring Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh. It was adapted from the play Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) by George Bernard Shaw. The film was produced by Independent Producers, Pascal Film Productions, and Eagle-Lion Distributors.
Caesar and Cleopatra was a box office failure, but it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (John Bryan).
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In this philosophical coming-of-age film, an aging Julius Caesar takes possession of the Egyptian capital city of Alexandria, and tries to resolve a feud between young Princess Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy. During the resulting sometimes-murderous court intrigues, Caesar develops a special relationship with Cleopatra, and teaches her how to use her royal power.Actors
Claude Rains
(Julius Caesar)
Vivien Leigh
(Cleopatra)
Stewart Granger
(Apollodorus)
Flora Robson
(Ftatateeta)
Francis L. Sullivan
(Pothinus)
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