Overview:
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.| Status: | Released (1972-03-18) |
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| Screen: | Federico De Urrutia, Charlton Heston, William Shakespeare |
| Productions: | Folio Films, The Rank Organisation, Transac, Ízaro Films |
| Production Countries: | Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 10017: Charlton Heston - Marc Antony
- 1018924: Hildegard Neil - Cleopatra
- 39955: Eric Porter - Enobarbus
- 15198: John Castle - Octavius Caesar
- 14821: Fernando Rey - Lepidus
- 31699: Juan Luis Galiardo - Alexis
- 103528: Carmen Sevilla - Octavia
Crews
- 10017: Charlton Heston - Director - Directing
- 1028057: Wendy Dickson - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 10017: Charlton Heston - Screenplay - Writing
- 229385: Peter Snell - Producer - Production
- 29668: Eric Boyd-Perkins - Editor - Editing
- 6210: William Shakespeare - Theatre Play - Writing
- 1090581: Rafael Pacheco - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
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Whilst this is a really quite good looking version of the Shakespeare tragedy, it's the overly wordy adaptation that drags it down. What director Charlton Heston and his writing team seem to failed to appreciate is that much of the original text was designed to complement the simplic ....
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