Julius Caesar (1970)
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Except for the omission of several passages in the original play, this 1970 adaptation of Julius Caesar faithfully retells Shakespeare's account of events surrounding the assassination of Caesar in 44 B.C. The film begins when Caesar John Gielgud is at the height of his power after conquering… More Except for the omission of several passages in the original play, this 1970 adaptation of Julius Caesar faithfully retells Shakespeare's account of events surrounding the assassination of Caesar in 44 B.C. The film begins when Caesar John Gielgud is at the height of his power after conquering Pompey "the Great" in a civil war. Important senators worry that Caesar means to become king, diminish their power, and abolish their beloved Roman republic. Two senators, Cassius Richard Johnson and Brutus Jason Robards, hatch an assassination plot involving other disenchanted Roman citizens. Although a soothsayer warns Caesar of trouble ("Beware the ides of March") and his own wife reports ominous signs ("A lioness hath whelped in the streets; and graves have yawn'd, and yielded up their dead"), Caesar decides to go to the senate on the ides (March 15). Upon arrival, the conspirators greet him with daggers. In his funeral oration, Mark Antony Charlton Heston extols Caesar and incites the citizens against Brutus and the other conspirators. Brutus and Cassius flee Rome with their armies, but Antony and two other sympathizers track them down with their armies. When the tide turns against the conspirators, Brutus and Cassius commit suicide. As does Shakespeare's play, the film leaves the discerning viewer wondering who was the real villain -- Caesar, because of his ambition for power, or Brutus, because of his underhanded plot to maintain the status quo. ~ Mike Cummings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stuart Burge
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Classics
G,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1970 Wide
- On DVD
- May 11, 2004
- Studio
- VCI
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Handsome production, but pales to Brando's take.
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Cast
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Charlton Heston
as Marc Antony
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Jason Robards
as Brutus
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John Gielgud
as Julius Caesar
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Richard Johnson
as Cassius
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Robert Vaughn
as Casca
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Richard Chamberlain
as Octavius Caesar
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Diana Rigg
as Portia
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Jill Bennett II
as Calpurnia
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Christopher Lee
as Artemidorus
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Alan Browning
as Marullus
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Norman Bowler
as Titinius
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Andrew Crawford
as Volumnius
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David Dodimead
as Lepidus
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Peter Eyre
as Cinna The Post
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Derek Godfrey
as Decius Brutus
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Michael Gough
as Metellus Cimber
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Paul Hardwick
as Messala
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Laurence Harrington
as Carpenter
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Thomas Heathcote
as Flavius
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Robert Keegan
as Lucilius
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Preston Lockwood
as Trebonius
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John Moffatt
as Popilius Lena
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André Morell
as Cicero
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David Neal
as Cinna The Conspirator
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Steven Pacey
as Lucius
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John Tate
as Clitus
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Alba
as The Soothsayer
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Christopher Cazenove
as Servant to Antony
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Robin Chadwick
as Servant to Octavius
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Derek Hardwick
as 3rd Plebian
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Ewan Hooper
as Strato
- Ken Hutchison
- Michael Keating
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Ron Pember
as Cobbler
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Damien Thomas
as Pindarus
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Michael Wynne
as 4th Plebian
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David Leland
as Plebians
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Edwin Finn
as Publius
- Linbert Spencer
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Roy Stewart
as Lepidus's Slave
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Ronald Magill
as Servant to Caesar
