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Cleopatra

Cleopatra

7,1 /10 (850 Votes)
1963 EN 251 min

Overview

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.

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Release date

12/06/1963

Votes

850

Popularity

5.1

The motion picture the world has been waiting for!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

251 min

Budget

$44,000,000

Revenue

$57,779,280

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-09-26

⭐ 8

On Your Knees! On your knees! It's something that Cleopatra her self shouts at a stunned Mark Antony, but it could quite literally have been shouted by many in Hollywood at 20th Century Fox as their gargantuan epic threatened to sink them. The trials and tribulations surrounding the film are stuff of legend, all of which makes for a film itself, but I will not go over old ground, there's a couple of great documentaries available out there and they are required viewing. They also help to explain somewhat why Cleopatra is not the genre defining classic many hoped it would be. Truth is is that…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-06-01

⭐ 7

An excellent example of what you can do when money is no object - except, here, in the writing department where this is simply no substitute for a succinct and creative hand at the typewriter. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton successfully - if a little too theatrically - carry off their portion of this epic tale of the life of probably the world's most famous woman of antiquity. Rex Harrison, much less so as Caesar - but combined I think this is actually a far better film than the critics at the time declared. The cinematography and scale of the production are unsurpassed as are the costume…

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