Gabriel Pascal

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains pop off the screen in vivid Technicolor in Gabriel Pascal’s version of Shaw’s 1901 play about love and politics in ancient Rome and Egypt. At the time the most expensive British film ever produced (complete with real imported Egyptian sand), Caesar and Cleopatra is a lavish epic, featuring standout performances by its two stars.

Film Info

  • United Kingdom
  • 1945
  • 128 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.33:1
  • English

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Eclipse Series 20: George Bernard Shaw on Film

George Bernard Shaw on Film

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$31.46

Caesar and Cleopatra
Cast
Vivien Leigh
Cleopatra
Claude Rains
Julius Caesar
Stewart Granger
Apollodorus
Francis L. Sullivan
Pothinus
Basil Sydney
Rufio
Flora Robson
Ftatateeta
Credits
Director
Gabriel Pascal
Screenplay
George Bernard Shaw
Producer
Gabriel Pascal
Cinematography
Jack Cardiff
Cinematography
Jack Hildyard
Cinematography
Robert Krasker
Cinematography
Freddie Young
Editing
Frederick Wilson
Music
Georges Auric
Custom...
John Bryan
Art directors
Oliver Messel

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