Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Ranald MacDougall; Sidney Buchman

Based on a book: The Life and Times of Cleopatra by C. M. Franzero

Music Composed and Conducted by: Alex North

Producer: Walter Wanger

Keywords: Romantic Drama, Ancient Egypt

Cleopatra becomes Queen of Egypt upon the death of her brother Ptolemy XIV, engaging in romances with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Original director Rouben Mamoulian was replaced by Joseph Mankiewicz, who conceived this film as a two-part, 6-hour epic. Darryl Zanuck later vetoed this, insisting on a single 4-hour, butchered picture. Highest grossing film of 1963, though still a money loser. Won 4 Oscars including Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Set Decoration; received 5 additional nominations including Best Picture, Best Score and Best Actor.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Francesca Annis	Actor	14-May-1944		Wives and Daughters
Pamela Brown	Actor	8-Jul-1917	18-Sep-1975	Lust for Life
Richard Burton	Actor	10-Nov-1925	5-Aug-1984	Nineteen Eighty Four
George Cole	Actor	22-Apr-1925	5-Aug-2015	Arthur Daley on Minder
Hume Cronyn	Actor	18-Jul-1911	15-Jun-2003	Cocoon
Cesare Danova	Actor	1-Mar-1926	19-Mar-1992	Mean Streets
Rex Harrison	Actor	5-Mar-1908	2-Jun-1990	My Fair Lady
Michael Hordern	Actor	3-Oct-1911	2-May-1995	The Slipper and the Rose
John Hoyt	Actor	5-Oct-1905	15-Sep-1991	Attack of the Puppet People
Andrew Keir	Actor	3-Apr-1926	5-Oct-1997	Quatermass and the Pit
Martin Landau	Actor	20-Jun-1931	15-Jul-2017	Mission: Impossible
Roddy McDowall	Actor	17-Sep-1928	3-Oct-1998	Planet of the Apes
Carroll O'Connor	Actor	2-Aug-1924	21-Jun-2001	Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Robert Stephens	Actor	14-Jul-1931	12-Nov-1995	The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Elizabeth Taylor	Actor	27-Feb-1932	23-Mar-2011	Cleopatra
Douglas Wilmer	Actor	8-Jan-1920	31-Mar-2016	Sherlock Holmes

CAST

Elizabeth Taylor	...   Cleopatra
Starring
Richard Burton	...   Marc Antony
Rex Harrison	...   Julius Caesar
Also Starring
Pamela Brown	...   High Priestess
George Cole	...   Flavius
Hume Cronyn	...   Sosigenes
Cesare Danova	...   Apollodorus
Kenneth Haigh	...   Brutus
Andrew Keir	...   Agrippa
Martin Landau	...   Rufio
Roddy McDowall	...   Octavian
Robert Stephens	...   Germanicus
with
Francesca Annis	...   Eiras
Gregoire Aslan	...   Pothinos
Martin Benson	...   Ramos
Herbert Berghof	...   Theodotos
John Cairney	...   Phoebus
Jacqui Chan	...   Lotos
Isabelle Cooley	...   Charmian
John Doucette	...   Achillas
Andrew Faulds	...   Canidius
Michael Gwynn	...   Cimber
Michael Hordern	...   Cicero
John Hoyt	...   Cassius
Marne Maitland	...   Euphranor
Carroll O'Connor	...   Casca
Richard O'Sullivan	...   Ptolemy
Gwen Watford	...   Calpurnia
Douglas Wilmer	...   Decimus

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