Marc Antony and Cleopatra

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 18, 1913

Original language

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

Società Italiana Cines

Cast

Giuseppe Piemontesi,Ignazio Lupi,Elsa Lenard,Gianna Terribili-Gonzales,Ida Carloni Talli,Amleto Novelli,Ruffo Geri,Bruto Castellani,Matilde Di Marzio

Director

Enrico Guazzoni

Cinematography

Alessandro Bona

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0184703