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Caesar and Cleopatra (1946)

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Release Date: Dec 11, 1945 Wide

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George Bernard Shaw adapted his own play for the screen in this blithe film version of the romance between Caesar (Claude Rains) and Cleopatra (Vivien Leigh). Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra are merely Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle cast back into ancient times with Caesar doting with admiration and burgeoning love upon Cleopatra and expostulating, "You have been growing up since the Sphinx introduced us the other night." The story is a simple one concerning Caesar instructing Cleopatra on how to

Unrated, 2 hr. 15 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Gabriel Pascal

Written By: George Bernard Shaw

In Theaters: Dec 11, 1945 Wide

On DVD: Mar 9, 2010

Cast

Vivien Leigh
Cleopatra
Claude Rains
Julius Caesar
Stewart Granger
Apollodorus
Flora Robson
Ftatateeta
Francis L. Sullivan
Pothinus
Ernst Thesiger
Theodotus
Cecil Parker
Britannus
Basil Sydney
Rufio
Anthony Harvey
Ptolemy
Anthony Eustrel
Achillas
Leo Genn
Bel Affiris
Robert Adams
Nubian Slave
Felix Aylmer
1st Nobleman
Ren�e Ashershon
Iras
Marie Ault
Egyptian Lady
Ivor Barnard
2nd Nobleman
Peter Bayliss
A.D.C. to Mithridates
Agnes Bernelle
Dorothy Bramhall
John Bryning
Quayside Sentinel
Gerald Case
Roman Tax Officer
Valentine Dyall
First Guardsman
Olga Edwardes
Cleopatra's Lady Attand...
Anthony Holles
Vociferous Boatman
Stanley Holloway
Belzanor
Virginia Kelly
Kay Kendall
Harry Lane
John Laurie
First Auxiliary Sentine...
Raymond Lovell
Lucius Septimus
Zena Marshall
James McKechnie
Wounded Centurion
Gibb McLaughlin
High Priest
Charles Minor
Cathleen Nesbitt
Shaun Noble
A.D.C. to Achillas
Charles Paton
Esme Percy
Major Domo
Michael Rennie
Quayside Centurion
Charles Rolfe
Second Auxiliary Sentin...
Roy Russell
Ronald Shiner
2nd Porter
Jean Simmons
Harpist
Eve Smith
Don Stannard
Russell Thorndike
Harpist's Master
Charles Victor
First Porter
Wilfred Walter
Mackenzie Ward
Alan Wheatley
Persian
Ronald Davidson
Charles Deane
Guardsman
H.F. Maltby
Daphne Day
Michael Martin Harvey
Jill Carpenter
Bill Holland
Gerhardt Kempinski
Angry Boatman
Hylton Allen
Councillor
Andre Belhomme
Boatman
Olwen Brooks
Cecil Calvert
Alan Lewis
Ernest Thesiger

Critic Reviews for Caesar and Cleopatra

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Inexcusably dull in parts, while in other parts capturing some of Shaw's sharp wit.

July 20, 2011 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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An uneven version of George Bernard Shaw's witty play, starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains

April 9, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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... a plodding, stagebound production that fails to find a visual complement to Shaw's words and scenes...

March 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com

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Sean Axmaker

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Vivien Leigh is my favortie female actor easy and Gone with the Wind is one of my all time favorites. It's underrated and very overlooked. Brilliantly casted, well-shot, and beautifully written. It only falls short of being slow most times and the ending wasn't that good. Nice music and costumes and sets, Vivien Leigh is amazing as always!

August 12, 2011

Keiko Aya

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slower then molasses

April 6, 2007

jay nixon

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