Caesar and Cleopatra (1946)
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61% of users liked it
(867 ratings)
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… More 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 act like a queen. But Cleopatra is left cold by Caesar and his blatherings. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gabriel Pascal
- Written By
- George Bernard Shaw
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 11, 1945 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Inexcusably dull in parts, while in other parts capturing some of Shaw's sharp wit.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
An uneven version of George Bernard Shaw's witty play, starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains
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Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
... a plodding, stagebound production that fails to find a visual complement to Shaw's words and scenes...
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Cast
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Vivien Leigh
as Cleopatra
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Claude Rains
as Julius Caesar
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Stewart Granger
as Apollodorus
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Flora Robson
as Ftatateeta
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Francis L. Sullivan
as Pothinus
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Ernst Thesiger
as Theodotus
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Cecil Parker
as Britannus
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Basil Sydney
as Rufio
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Anthony Harvey
as Ptolemy
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Anthony Eustrel
as Achillas
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Leo Genn
as Bel Affiris
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Robert Adams
as Nubian Slave
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Felix Aylmer
as 1st Nobleman
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Renée Ashershon
as Iras
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Marie Ault
as Egyptian Lady
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Ivor Barnard
as 2nd Nobleman
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Peter Bayliss
as A.D.C. to Mithridates
- Agnes Bernelle
- Dorothy Bramhall
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John Bryning
as Quayside Sentinel
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Gerald Case
as Roman Tax Officer
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Valentine Dyall
as First Guardsman
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Olga Edwardes
as Cleopatra's Lady Attandent
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Anthony Holles
as Vociferous Boatman
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Stanley Holloway
as Belzanor
- Virginia Kelly
- Kay Kendall
- Harry Lane
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John Laurie
as First Auxiliary Sentinel
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Raymond Lovell
as Lucius Septimus
- Zena Marshall
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James McKechnie
as Wounded Centurion
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Gibb McLaughlin
as High Priest
- Charles Minor
- Cathleen Nesbitt
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Shaun Noble
as A.D.C. to Achillas
- Charles Paton
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Esme Percy
as Major Domo
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Michael Rennie
as Quayside Centurion
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Charles Rolfe
as Second Auxiliary Sentinel
- Roy Russell
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Ronald Shiner
as 2nd Porter
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Jean Simmons
as Harpist
- Eve Smith
- Don Stannard
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Russell Thorndike
as Harpist's Master
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Charles Victor
as First Porter
- Wilfred Walter
- Mackenzie Ward
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Alan Wheatley
as Persian
- Ronald Davidson
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Charles Deane
as Guardsman
- H.F. Maltby
- Daphne Day
- Michael Martin Harvey
- Jill Carpenter
- Bill Holland
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Gerhardt Kempinski
as Angry Boatman
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Hylton Allen
as Councillor
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Andre Belhomme
as Boatman
- Olwen Brooks
- Cecil Calvert
- Alan Lewis
- Ernest Thesiger