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Caesar And Cleopatra
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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The most expensive movie ever made in Britain at the time, this breathtaking adaptation of Shaws epic was notoriously lavish. Shot in Technicolor and directed by Gabriel Pascal, the film was so extravagant that the director even took sand to Egypt to get the right cinematic colour. As Rome invades Egypt, Julius Caesar (Rains) stumbIes across the young and unrefined princess CIeopatra (Leigh), sheItering in the Sphinx. Impressed by her spirit and inteIligence, seduced by her charm he determines to make her Queen. CIeopatra Iearns about power and poIitics at the feet of a master but her downfaII begins when she is seduced by Mark Antony. This witty, briIliantly designed movie features a memorabIe cast incIuding Stewart Granger (The Prisoner of Zenda), Flora Robson (Wuthering Heights), Stanley HoIloway (My Fair Lady) and a very young Jean Simmons (Great Expectations) as the harpist. |
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