Caesar and Cleopatra

Dec 11, 1945

2h 18m

★ 6.2

The most lavish picture ever on the screen!

Overview

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

Genres

Drama

History

Comedy

Production Companies

Gabriel Pascal Productions

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Caesar and Cleopatra Trailers

Cast

Julius Caesar

Claude Rains

Cleopatra

Vivien Leigh

Apollodorus

Stewart Granger

Ftatateeta

Flora Robson

Pothinus

Francis L. Sullivan

Rufio

Basil Sydney

Britannus

Cecil Parker

Lucius Septimus

Raymond Lovell

Achillas

Anthony Eustrel

Theodotus

Ernest Thesiger

Ptolemy

Anthony Harvey

Nubian Slave

Robert Adams

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